Rayne's Funeral Home, USA April 2018

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mookster

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Fresh off the plane back in Blighty, here is the first of a nice quantity of American explores :eagerness: . I had always wanted to explore a funeral home, they don't come up too often as you can imagine. This one has been kicking around the US exploring scene for a while so it felt great to finally see one. The site is made up of three buildings - the funeral home itself and a pair of large garage structures one of which was used to park the hearses in and the other two storey one was used for coffin storage.

The town this is located in had two funeral homes, both owned by the same company and both closed - sadly the second one, although utterly stunning in a really stereotypical 'haunted house' kind of way (it literally couldn't look any more like a depiction of a funeral home you see in movies) is completely stripped back to bare walls and floors, and with large areas of roof tiles missing it was an empty deathtrap not worth plunging to your death in.

However the second one, although bashed and trashed is a belter. It closed in the early 1990s and has been left ever since and the decay has really taken hold, with two sides of the building suffering from some severe subsidence. The floor of the embalming room is very tender and the floor in the adjacent room which contains the body fridge is almost non-existent, with us having to traverse the wobbly plank of death laid across the collapse. The family who owned the business were obviously meticulous hoarders as upstairs where the living quarters were is stuffed full of all manner of funeral related paperwork and junk and very difficult to shoot! Thankfully there are only a few shitty kids graffiti tags evident which is surprising considering how long it's been closed.

The outside was very non-descript and you probably wouldn't even notice it if you were unaware as it's nestled between two houses, and you can barely see it from the road. It looks quite small in the outside photo but in reality it's quite a long building.

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Thanks for looking :)
 
Wow this is nice, especially the room with all the coffins on their shelves. Nice work man :)
 
Nice to see your American explores again and this is a good one and different. I like the hearse and the coffin room.
 
Now this I would love to see :highly_amused::highly_amused::highly_amused: such an unusual place to explore, love the hurst too, I've always wanted one as they would be great for exploring as you can pull up anywhere and take a kip and not have the usual backache from cramped seats. Love that final shot:)

Brilliant this mookster!
 
I like visiting places like this. It looks so terrifying makes the blood stones in your veins.

Just read about your exploration of Rayne's Funeral Home in the US, and it sounds like quite the adventure! Gotta admit, I've been doing some funeral-related research myself lately. Sadly, dealing with a loss in my family. Anyway, I stumbled upon this cool website with Oregon Headstone Maker. They've got some interesting stuff that caught my eye.
But back to your exploration, it's fascinating to hear about the different buildings and the decay you encountered. The one with the subsidence and the wobbly plank of death sounds intense! The hoarded funeral-related paperwork upstairs adds a creepy touch too.
 
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It sounds like quite an exploration! Abandoned places always have a unique aura. But hey, speaking of funeral homes, it's interesting how different they can be and the stories they hold.
 
It sounds like quite an exploration! Abandoned places always have a unique aura. But hey, speaking of funeral homes, it's interesting how different they can be and the stories they hold.
And when reflecting on these spaces, it might be worthwhile to consider eco-friendly ways to honor memories, like aquamation, as explored on sites like https://greenfarewells.com/. It's fascinating to see how these places, although weathered by time, still hold remnants of lives once lived and stories untold.
 
And when reflecting on these spaces, it might be worthwhile to consider eco-friendly ways to honor memories, like aquamation, as explored on sites like https://greenfarewells.com/. It's fascinating to see how these places, although weathered by time, still hold remnants of lives once lived and stories untold.
Available to people who lives only in the USA. It's useless putting a link to share as us folk in the UK as we cannot use. It might be flagged as spam as in the text it says "as explored on sites like"
 

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