[DiamondSmiles]

The mental institutions and hospitals in this gallery are all uninhabited but leave traces of their former lives.

The photographer, Andre Govia, lives in London. He says he started to, "urban explore," abandoned buildings in 1999, before he was interested in the photography side of it.

"I found a camera and began to look at the explore with the extra challenge of documenting my visits with photos and video," says Govia.

Pictured here: An asylum in Germany.

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[Kelseecat65]

Creepy & cool!! Love pics like this!!

[Shakey]

Some of the pics look like the one in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

[blancadon]

That was cool! Thank you.

[Photoplay]

Awesome photographs. Just love abandoned buildings. The picture of the autopsy theatre Saint Elizabeth's Psychiatric Hospital was perfect

[DiamondSmiles]

Thank you, everyone

I'm glad you all enjoyed them.

I don't remember, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next," although I saw it

[SEV3N_RS]

Reminds me of the silent hill games i play.

[gorefest79]

The Hudson River State Hospital is a beautiful building

[woodruff]

love these kind of places. The old morgues are best......

[BretagneAmour]

I liked the Sweden one