Between 1848 and 1890, dozens of grand mental asylums were built around the United States under the Kirkbride Plan, designed by Thomas Story Kirkbride. Postcard of the “State Insane Asylum” in Morris ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin showed off his department's headquarters at St. Elizabeth's -- a former insane asylum.

A couple of things spurred me to write this post. First, in a matter of days (and along with colleagues Vicky Long and Despo Kritsotaki), I will be submitting a book proposal on the history of ...

This year, I taught a brand-new class on the history of the psychiatric asylum with my colleague, Dr Hannah Proctor. "Bedlam and Beyond: The Controversial History of the Asylum" is a seminar-based ...

Freaktography Spending the night inside an abandoned insane asylum Posted: May 26, 2026 | Last updated: May 26, 2026 Follow an overnight exploration inside an abandoned insane asylum filled with ...

Over its 138-year existence, political correctness has played a huge role in the name of that large institution on the south side of the city of Napa. In the beginning, it was the Napa Insane Asylum, ...