Sep 30, 2026 · 53 min · 10 segments
It's one of the most impressive train stations ever built in America, and for most of its life, it's been standing completely empty. This episode, Rebecca tracks down the spirits who never left…
There rising 17 stories above the east side of the city is a building that looks like it belongs in a different era entirely.
We find this a lot in these episodes-
Mm-hmm
... that it looks out of place, first of all.
We...
Right.
Yeah.
It's something that m- has survived-
Yeah
... perhaps-
Maybe, yeah
... through, uh, some eras.
But this is a massive art deco tower with a sprawling concourse at its base, ornate terracotta details, and enough square footage to swallow a city block whole.
It is, by any reasonable measure, one of the most impressive train stations ever built in America, and for most of its life, it's, it's been sitting completely empty.
There's been nothing in it.
[laughs] Which I think is also a common theme-
Yeah
... with the places that we look at.
Yeah.
Well, we did an episode on the Roundhouse, which is another, like, train station-ish thing.
That was so cool.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Especially since we got to go there and everything.
There rising 17 stories above the east side of the city is a building that looks like it belongs in a different era entirely.
We find this a lot in these episodes-
Mm-hmm
... that it looks out of place, first of all.
We...
Right.
Yeah.
It's something that m- has survived-
Yeah
... perhaps-
Maybe, yeah
... through, uh, some eras.
But this is a massive art deco tower with a sprawling concourse at its base, ornate terracotta details, and enough square footage to swallow a city block whole.
It is, by any reasonable measure, one of the most impressive train stations ever built in America, and for most of its life, it's, it's been sitting completely empty.
There's been nothing in it.
[laughs] Which I think is also a common theme-
Yeah
... with the places that we look at.
Yeah.
Well, we did an episode on the Roundhouse, which is another, like, train station-ish thing.
That was so cool.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Especially since we got to go there and everything.
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