森林天堂精神病院（Forest Haven Asylum）
「我在活着之时，不愿虚度此生。」（“Yet while I live, let me not live in vain.”）
这句话被铭刻在一块已风化的青铜牌匾上，标志着通往“森林天堂疯人院”行政大楼的入口。
“森林天堂”位于美国马里兰州劳雷尔市，建于1925年，占地200英亩，共有22座建筑。这里曾收容了成千上万的智力障碍者。最初它是一个先进的机构，教授智力障碍者实用技能，目标是帮助他们就业。
然而不幸的是,由于经费等原因,森林天堂却演变成了美国近代历史上最致命的虐待机构之一。
森林天堂精神病院于1991年关闭，如今这个地方被封锁起来，禁止入内。但由于管理松懈，在废弃的30年中仍吸引着不断前来的探访者。
“阳光透过树叶的缝隙洒下，在地面上点缀出一串串光斑，就像是精灵们留下的脚印，闪烁着魔法般的光芒……这才是当初创建者给予“森林天堂”这个名字时所想象的景象吧。”
Forest Haven Asylum
“Yet while I live, let me not live in vain.”
These words were engraved on a weathered bronze plaque that marked the entrance to the administrative building of “Forest Haven”, an asylum for the intellectually disabled.
Located in Laurel, Maryland, Forest Haven was established in 1925 and spanned 200 acres with 22 buildings. It once housed thousands of intellectually disabled people. Initially, it was an advanced institution that taught practical skills to the intellectually disabled and aimed to help them gain employment.
Unfortunately, due to funding issues and other reasons, Forest Haven eventually evolved into one of the deadliest abusive institutions in recent American history.
Forest Haven Asylum closed in 1991 and the place is now sealed off and off-limits. But due to lax management, it has continued to attract a steady stream of visitors over the past 30 years of abandonment.
“Sunlight filtered through the leaves and dappled the ground with patterns of light like fairy footprints, shimmering with magical radiance…This must be the kind of scenery the founders envisioned when they named this place ‘Forest Haven’.”
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交通方式 Transportation:
离“森林天堂精神病院”最近的机场是位于该州巴尔的摩市的巴尔的摩/华盛顿国际桑格 马歇尔国际机场(BWI),与劳雷尔市相距大约31公里。
To get to Forest Haven Asylum in Laurel, Maryland by air, you would need to fly to a nearby airport and arrange for ground transportation to the location. The closest major airport to Laurel, Maryland is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), which is approximately 19 miles away from Laurel.
