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a 🏚️ fantastical multimedia travelogue

Welcome.

All-American Ruins is a multimedia travelogue in which multidisciplinary artist Blake Pfeil
recounts his experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the United States (and around the world) and reimagines them through ​multimodal storytelling.
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​Along the way, All-American Ruins asks critical questions about
​American history/culture, community, economics, the environment, and mental health
while encouraging folks to activate their imaginations as a tool for healing.​

LAUNCHED JAN. 2, 2025:
Season 3 of the Ambie Award-winning
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast!

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Explore: Past Events

April 2-12, 2025: Capital City Film Festival (Lansing, MI)
March 31, 2025: The Ambies (Chicago, IL)
MARCH 27-30, 2025 - abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast @ Garden State Film Festival's Cinema for the Ears (Asbury Park, NJ)
FEB. 27-MARCH 1, 2025 - All-American Ruins @ Cusco WebFest (Cuzco, Peru)
FEB. 21-23, 2025 - All-American Ruins @ SONOHR Radio and Podcast Festival - Bern, Switzerland
FEB. 7-8, 2025 - All-American Ruins @ Finger Lakes Film Festival - Geneva, NY
DEC. 8 - Voice Arts Awards, Los Angeles, CA
NOV. 14, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast @ International Media Festival of Wales, UK
NOV. 12, 2024: 4 Signal Awards including Best Experimental, Brooklyn, NY
NOV. 1-11, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast Official Selection @ NZ Web Fest, Auckland, New Zealand
NOV. 3, 2024 All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel Official Selection @ Borscht Belt Film Fest, Ellenville, NY
NOV. 1, 2024 All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel Official Selection @ Film n' Dem Short Festival, Charlotte, NC
OCT. 18-19, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast Official Selection @ Melbourne WebFest, Melbourne, Australia
OCT. 17, 2024 HUDSY Original All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel Official Selection @ Eugene Environmental Film Festival, Eugene, OR
OCT. 12-19, 2024 All-American Ruins Official Selection @ ArchFilm Lund, Sweden
OCTOBER 12-13, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast Official Selection @ Sydney Web Fest, Sydney, Australia
OCTOBER 6, 2024 All-American Ruins Official Selection @ Duluth Superior Film Festival, Duluth, MN
OCTOBER 2-6, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast, Winner- Best Drama Podcast, Best Podcast Editing @ MN WebFest, Duluth, MN
OCTOBER 2-6, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast, Winner- Best Podcast @ Catalyst Content Festival, Duluth, MN
OCTOBER 4, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins, Podcast Best History Podcast, WINNER @ Parapod Podcast Awards, Santa Clarita, CA
SEPT. 26-29, 2024 abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast, Official Selection @ NJ Web Fest, Montclair, NJ
Sept. 12, 2024 - UK Press Gazette Future of Media Awards, London, England
SEPT. 6, 2024 All-American Ruins: @ 4th World Congress of Psychogeography, Canterbury, England
Lexington Film Fest 8/18/2024, Hunter, NY
Peekskill Film Festival, NY 7/26/2024
Swedish International Film Festival, Sweden April 2024
27th Prix Marulic, Croatia 5/14/2024
Podcast Movement: Evolutions, CA 3/27/2024
The Ambies - Best Indie Podcast, CA 3/26/2024
UKIRD Festival @ Canterbury Cathedral, UK 3/25/2024
On Air Fest Annex, CA 11/04/2023
Hudson House & Distillery, NY 9/23/2023
North Carolina Museum of History 7/20/2023

​Interested in collaborating with All-American Ruins?
LET'S HAVE A CHINWAG

What are you imagining?

Read: The Blog

Latest Chapters

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Chapter 46:
Allen Ginsberg, Alan Turing, and Cement Espionage
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Cement Estate | Hudson Valley, NY
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Chapter 45:
Finding Elphaba at an
​Abandoned Catering Hall

Colonial Terrace | Peekskill, NY
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Hear: The Podcast

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“with abandoned, Blake Pfeil is pushing at the boundaries of form,
combining documentary and audio theater in a voice distinctly his own.
These are the rare kinds of stories that leave you wondering.
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- David Krasnow, Executive Producer, The New Yorker Radio Hour
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EPISODES

“...a unique and immersive journey through America’s forgotten places... a mix of personal narrative, soundscapes, and history... Each episode feels like stepping into a time capsule, where past stories are brought to life in hauntingly beautiful ways."
- Disctopia
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PRESSBOOK

“abandoned is lovely.
​Beautiful writing, beautiful sound design, beautiful storytelling.
Beautiful."

- Dylan Thuras, Co-Founder, Atlas Obscura

Watch: The Series

Winner: Best Documentary - Dove Block Project Short Film Festival (2024)
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Get: The News

4/1/2025 - The Hollywood Reporter
4/1/2025 - InsideRadio
3/13/2025 - Westword
2/19/2025 - Variety
1/13/2025 - Podcast the Newsletter
1/10/2025 - The Gazette Telegraph
1/6/2025 - Apple Podcasts headline feature
12/17/24 - Yahoo! Finance
11/07/24 - Shawangunk Journal
11/07/24 - Walk.Listen.Create.
11/01/24 - SWS Awards
10/29/24 - Signal Awards
10/12/2024 - Q+ Magazine
10/12/2024 - Disctopia TruePlay Innovative Podcaster Award Finalist announcement
7/25/2024 - Business Insider
7/12/2024 - Chronogram profile
7/11/2024 - Press Gazette Future of Media Awards
6/11/2024 - People Magazine
4/26/2024 - "Last Rites of Last Chance," Colorado Magazine
4/19/2024 - Boing Boing feature
3/27/2024 - PodNews
3/7/2024 - Atlas Obscura profile
2/16/2024 - Hollywood Reporter
2/16/2024 - Variety
9/20/2023 - Tink Interview
09/13/2023: Sounds Like Impact interview
7/20/2023 - NC Museum of History
05/2023 - American Hysteria profile
4/23/2023 - Denver Gazette
4/12/2023 - Podvine feature
2/24/2023 - Castbox feature
1/27/2023 - Colorado Magazine profile
1/5/2023 - Podstack's "Best of 2022" list!
11/16/2022 - Purchase College Alumni Spotlight
10/24/2022 - Podcast the Newsletter feature
8/29/2022 - WAMC profile
7/19/2022 - Oldster Magazine
6/2/2022 - Chronogram Magazine

Meet: Our Adventure Buddies

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