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73 Haunts of the ward A two-hour bus ride to Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, takes us to the small town of Gonjiam. We follow latitude and longitude coordinates from the bus stop to where Gonji- am Psychiatric Hospital stands, but barbed wire and a sign saying “No trespassing” in Korean warn us to stay away. That does not deter us. A small clearing next to a nearby fiberglass mill hints that perhaps this place is accessible after all. We hike for a bit and look behind us at the barbed wire fence that previously blocked our path. The famed abandoned hospital is only a short walk away now. A b a n d o n e d G o n j i a m P s y c h i a t r i c H o s p i t a l t o y s w i t h r a t i o n a l t h o u g h t Story by Sarah Edge / Photos by Colin Dabbs