Why is this Kmart STILL standing? Exploring inside a graffiti-covered wasteland

And if you would like to grab a work of original art done by Lid Wetszel, head on over to my Etsy shop. It's going to be pinned in the comment and in the description and bio. These are acrylic on canvas paintings. So head on over if you want an original piece to hang on your wall. I am at the most deplorable Kmart that I've ever seen by a long shot. This place closed in October of 1999. It has been 26 years and this is the most tagged thing I've ever seen. I mean, this is like, look at it. This is intimidating looking. >> Um, you could see the I will zoom in on that, but you can see the old style Kmart sign. Um, the level right there, but yeah. this. I'm blown away. Let's go walk around and see what we can find. When we pulled up, I was like, "What is that? Look at that old sign. Look at that K." And oddly enough, that's one of the only places they didn't tag. >> Yeah. Oh, and there was a little Caesars here, too. >> You see in there? >> Yeah. That one. Wow. Here it is, guys. In the dark. Okay. Wow. This thing's a lot cleaner in here than it was last time. I don't know. But maybe >> this is more intact than I kind of thought it would be. I had to do it, guys. 1999. Look at the circle vents. And you could still see the red on the floor. After all these years, I was just a kid in 99. Oh, there's a ladder here. I wonder why. But you can still see the pegboards. Wow. And the loss prevention thing up there. Oh my goodness. There's an up. Oh, and that would go upstairs. Oh, look at that's blown open. this garden section. Wow. Look at the way that fell. tents. People have stayed here at the Kmart. No excuses. >> Look at the way the pegboard still remains here in the garden section. Oh, I thought that was going to be a Kmart bucket. Was it? >> No. I wonder if this was from Kmart. Milk bone. This looks really old. Oh my gosh. I don't know what year that would be. Oh my gosh. Wow. I think that milk bone thing was from There's an elbow thing on the ground. That is cool. from 1999. >> What? 199. >> Look. Come here. >> Wow. Yeah. >> The elbow thing. >> After all this time. >> Did you go up here when you were here? >> Yeah. I've been all Yeah. Yeah. Oh. >> Oh my gosh. Look at that wallpaper. >> This is loss prevention, I think. >> Yeah. This is a K disaster. 87. Wow. Oh, here's where the Caesars was. Come here. We can look at this one. That had to be the Little Caesars, right? The the Caesars. Wow. Was that the K cafe? >> Yeah. Caesars, right? >> Oh, yeah. >> Now, this is treacherous here. Or no, wait, that doesn't really look like >> No, that don't look like Little Caesar's Pizza. >> Well, where was it then? >> Maybe it's been gutted out. It actually looks like a like fitting rooms or something. So this was customer service. Look at this mirror. This Kmart is deplorable. What are they doing having this place sit like this? 26 years. >> Yeah. 26 years. >> Gra it. Yeah. It seems like it was more cleaned out than when I was in here originally. >> Really? >> Yeah, it does. >> I think this is my fourth Kmart. >> Wow. >> No. >> And I thought I'd never get to even see one. control station spill. >> That is so cool. I love that. No problem getting in this one. The way that vent is is rotting. >> Yeah, >> that is something. Man, it is so hard to picture this one being a Kmart. Safe to say this is a tear down. This is not going to um come back in any way. It's like that food town I filmed. It's a lot like that. Actually, the food town seemed a little bit worse. I'm wondering where that little Caesars was. Oh, there's the restrooms. Holy crap. Look at these old restrooms. Wow. >> Holy See the ducks up there? >> This is really I mean the tags are actually pretty good. >> Yeah, that's what I was saying at the beginning of my bed out. Yeah. >> Oh, it's Kilroy was here. >> Wow. >> I was in a play called Kilroy Was Here. >> Wow. >> When I was like in seventh grade or something. This is apocalyptic if I've ever seen it. All right, guys. That's going to complete my tour at this horrible, decrepit Kmart. This is the worst one by far that I've seen. You thought Pa was bad. You haven't seen this one. I really don't know what they're going to do with it. Eventually, it's just going to fall in on itself. So, yeah. Hope you guys enjoyed this and I will see you on my next