Abandoned Gary, Indiana: City of the Century

Once a thriving steel city, Gary, Indiana, now stands as a haunting testament to industrial decline and urban decay.

Gary, Indiana, was a prosperous steel city, serving as a testing ground for the assimilation and Americanization of immigrants. Although plagued with racial strife, industrial pollution, and political corruption, the city thrived into the 1960s. The city rapidly declined over the past few decades due to the growing overseas competitiveness in the steel industry resulting in ma...