Asylum. A dark melancholic journey into abandonment.

This time-lapse video is equally gorgeous and sad. Beauty found in dark, forgotten places will always be tragic.

Washington Times video producer Drew Geraci shot it in an asylum that was abandoned decades ago.

Opened in the early 1920s, the Asylum closed down and was abandoned decades ago. Rooms remain untouched – left as they were when the last of the employees departed. These buildings stand as a testament to the horrors and miss treatment that patients had to endure during the time of its operation.

Our 7 month journey into the Asylum led us on many adventures; from dodging security vehicles, ghostly figures and even a meth head. This is no place for the faint of heart. Asbestos blanketed every room we entered like new winter snow, so shooting was sometimes difficult.