As malls have closed, the vast buildings have taken on a new draw as a kind of post-apocalyptic wasteland. Redevelopment takes time, leaving the malls vacant and ripe for abuse.

These abandoned malls around America remain open to visitors, offering a rare look at empty storefronts, stalled redevelopment, and retail decline.

In 2003, shut your eyes and go back. One can smell Sbarro pizza and sweet Cinnabon frosting within the mall. Young people are ...

At least the animatronic Ben Franklin head is dead!

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An abandoned mall in Westminster – a suburb in Orange County, California – has turned into a vandalism hot spot since its closure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authorities in Westminster, a suburb in Orange County, are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which ...

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Lisa Ann Walter, Tyler James Williams, Chris Perfetti and Janelle James in "Abbott Elementary" (Disney/Gilles Mingasson) When “Abbott Elementary” production designer Michael Whetstone first heard that ...

Authorities in Westminster, a suburb in Orange County, are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity ...

Vandals have overrun an abandoned mall, covering its walls in graffiti and turning the property into a magnet for illegal activity that has left it looking like a post-apocalyptic horror movie set — ...

LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) -- The abandoned Westminster Mall has turned into a hotspot for vandalism since shuttering in late 2025, according to police who are attempting to raise awareness about the ...

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - The sale of JCPenney's anchor store at Freehold Raceway Mall is now in limbo after a $947 million deal to sell it and 116 other stores to Onyx Partners collapsed shortly after ...