interiors

exteriors

history

I began taking photographs inside the empty buildings of the State Hospital in Cambridge, Minnesota in 1998. My interest in the project expanded as I explored the decaying buildings and researched the history of the institution. I kept returning to photograph as much as I could. In 2003, the state received funding to demolish the old brick cottages. In an effort to preserve a piece of the history that was erased, I have set up this site to share some of the information I've gathered and to show a sampling of the photographs I have taken over the past five years.