Welcome to All-American Ruins, a storytelling travelogue by artist/activist/adventurer Blake Pfeil, in which he recounts his experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the United States and transforms them into fantastical essays of prose and poetry.

​Follow the Ruins

Latest Chapters:

Chapter 12:
The Panic House
Kingston, NY

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Prologue:
Mt. Saint Francis Dairy Farm
Colorado Springs, CO

Chapter 1:
Saratoga Springs Radar Station
​Stillwater, NY

Chapter 2:
Nevele Grand Resort
​Ellenville, NY

Chapter 3:
Penn Hills Resort
​Alamonik, PA

Chapter 4: 
Al Tech Steel Factory
​Colonie, NY

Chapter 5:
Battery Smith-Guthrie
​Marin Headlands, CA

​Chapter 6:
​C&D Technologies Plant
​Huguenot, NY

Chapter 7:
Sawyerkill Motel
​Saugerties, NY

Chapter 8:
AFI Packaging Plant
Port Jervis, NY

Chapter 9:
Letchworth Village
​Thiells, NY

Chapter 11:
Highway 209 Mansion
Hurley, NY

Chapter 10:
Kings Park Psychiatric Center
​Kings Park, NY

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Meet the Explorer

I'm Blake. I like abandoned places & storytelling.

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"Typewriter: Haverstraw, NY"