Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again go back to the questions asked by listeners over the last few weeks and drop some answers and stories in return! Q and A has become one of my favorite types of episodes as your questions always jog loose stories and memories that I’ve completely forgotten about! Feral dogs, how to handle graffiti tag...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this episode, we jump back to the seemingly long-ago year of 2019 to reminisce about some of the earliest adventures I had on the backstreets of East-Side Cleveland, Ohio, featuring a long-gone Catholic church, a crumbling and floorless factory and a WalMart that never should have existed. History and tales abound, so tap a...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this episode, we delve into some serious issues that many have been noticing in our local urban exploration communities; the rise of and mayhem caused by “goblin” explorers who break in to legitimate and open businesses, wreck these places up and record their malfeasance in the name of “urbex.” We’ll also discuss the ever-cr...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this episode, we continue the discussion on music and theater venues from days gone by, completing our tour in two Cleveland, Ohio locations; the old Variety Theater and the now-gone Avalon Theater. Tales will be told and history will unfold, so warm yourself up with a mug of hot chocolate, order in a big steaming pizza, set...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this episode, we take a look at the abandoned music halls and ballrooms and theaters that once heralded in a sonic movement of sound that shaped our modern world, and which provided the youth of yesteryear a place to become more than the sum of their parts through shared experiences and sheer energetic magic. We’ll be lookin...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” And a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours! In this first episode of a new fifth season, I’m diving into what is sort of an obscure topic right here in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, and expounding on a place that is sadly now long gone (the remnants of which are also being torn down as we speak). A place of artistic inspiration, c...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, I expound upon a topic that has been on my mind now for years, but which has come to the forefront in the last many months; the story of how America lost its sense of wonder and how the country that once promised the future stopped believing in it. Not the easiest episode to write and discuss, but one that is c...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again go back to the questions asked by listeners over the last few weeks and drop some answers and stories in return! Q and A has become one of my favorite types of episodes as your questions always jog loose stories and memories that I’ve completely forgotten about! Feral dogs, how to handle graffiti tags, w...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we head back to Buffalo, New York for a weekend spent rambling in and around the Nickel City, spending a good deal of time wandering through one of the largest still-standing Kirkbride Hospitals in the United States; the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, abandoned and otherwise.  History and tales abound, so...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we continue on in our ramblings in and around Southern California, returning to Bombay Beach, the Salton Sea, several outsider art installations in the middle of nowhere, and eventually winding up on the Pacific Coast! This is part two of this epic three day drive through 117-degree weather, continued from the...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we triumphantly return to Southern California to wander and explore the Mojave Desert, the abandoned towns and history found there, and beyond! A return to the Salton Sea, a stroll down The Mother Road (Route 66) and woeful moments of possible dehydration. This is part one of this epic three day drive through 1...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this episode, I make some late night confessions on how things have been going personally in the realm of urban exploration and then dive into the collapsing and long-since-demolished shambles that were the Cleveland Union Stockyards in Cleveland, Ohio. Tales of meat, stampeding animals, turn-of-the-century municipal cleanli...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road! "In this round, we take a look at what exactly the art of urban exploration is, what many see it to be, and ask the very important question of: is urban exploration ONLY the quest to document and look at things abandoned, or does it go beyond into other areas of urban photography?  Lots to talk about here, so warm up some l...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again go back to the questions asked by listeners over the last few weeks and drop some answers and stories in return! Q and A has become one of my favorite types of episodes as your questions always jog loose stories and memories that I’ve completely forgotten about! Tales, answers and, of course, some hi...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we return to Eastern New York to wander once again through the grandiose ruins that make up a forlorn, abandoned and century-plus old Kirkbride mental hospital, and discuss a historical project ongoing there. We’ll also find out what it’s like to travel across a state only to turf out completely on several atte...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, I spill tea on the amazing cultural party that was the 2025 Marche du Nain Rouge in Detroit, and then we hit the road out into the wilds of Michigan to discuss a grim and rather disturbing exploratory adventure we undertook within an abandoned and out of the way funeral home crematorium. A very personal tale, t...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.’s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we sashay on down to St. Louis, Missouri to tell a glorious tale of beer. German immigrant beer. Or in this case, the now-abandoned brewery once owned  that once produced a special family-recipe brew that saw its rise and fall in the Gateway to the West. Plenty of frothy but crisp history and tales abound, so t...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again dive into a very personal and sometimes taboo subject that surrounds and affects many of us out there in the creative world; the often heavy and shadowy realm of mental health. We’ll also talk about how the art of urban exploration and photography helps us cope with and overcome those twin beasts of depr...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we travel north to the Badger State to explore the backroads of Wisconsin, complete with a run in with possibly rabid raccoons, a historical plane in the middle of the woods, a secluded religious cult’s hideout, and of course, plenty of delicious Wisconsin cheese curds. Plenty of history and tales abound, so...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again go back to the questions asked by listeners over the last few weeks and drop some answers and stories in return! Q and A has become one of my favorite types of episodes as your questions always jog loose stories and memories that I’ve completely forgotten about! Tales, answers and, of course, some histor...

Hey all, and Happy New Year! Welcome to a new season of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road; the 4th year kick off! In this first-of-the-year edition, we head back to the Motor City to swashbuckle our way through the vegetation-choked ruins of the Belle Isle Zoo! Maybe it’s not as daring and as adventure-filled as anything Indiana Jones might tackle, but this particular location is one of the most unique...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we take a trip up to the shores of Lake Erie to tell the tale of a much-loved, well-remembered and long vanished amusement park on Cleveland, Ohio’s East Side; EUCLID BEACH PARK. I’ll talk about the history of one of the most unique places in Cleveland history, as well as my own obsession with the place, which cl...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, a smorgasbord of random topics, ranging from a recent Pittsburgh adventure, to the importance of keeping on top of one’s mental health (as well as the well-being of your compadres), to a cheerful reunion between two waylaid friends (as well as a few other random thoughts and ideas that came to mind!); I also list...

Hey all! Welcome to a special Halloween episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this seasonal edition, I spin a few yarns about some personal, creepy and rather strange situations I’ve found myself in over the years, both exploring on the road and in different places in life way back in the day!  Ghosts? Spirits? Something else? Listen in and be the judge! Either way, they make for good tales...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we take an off-the-cuff and relaxed look at several recent roadtrips to Akron, Ohio to check out a hospital in the middle of being demolished and talk about wandering a vast and historical tire factory, then on to a very recent adventure to the Windy City to explore an abandoned hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Per...