Top 16 Stunningly Expensive Deserted Structures

14. Glendale, California's Rockhaven Sanitorium

Location: Glendale, California's Crescenta Valley Calendar year: 1923 Cost: *$8.25 million, the sale price in 2008 Psychiatric nurse Agnes Richards founded Rockhaven Sanitarium in 1923 as a facility for women with minor mental illnesses and moderate nervous diseases. It was one of the most well-known women-only facilities of its kind and one of the rare examples of a woman-owned private sanitarium in California.

Glendale, California's Rockhaven Sanitorium (@atlasobscura/Pinterest) As a sanitorium nurse, Agnes Richards observed the horrendous treatment of women in state-run mental health institutions. Her goal was to establish a tranquil residential facility where female patients could get therapy for their illnesses. Among the most well-known inhabitants of Rockhaven were Gladys Pearl Baker, Marion Eleanor Statler Rose, Billie Burke, Peggy Fears, and Josephine Dillon. The plant was sold to the city in 2008 for $8.25 million after it was permanently shuttered in 2006.