5. Sanatorium Barlow
Location: California’s Los Angeles
1802 is the year.
Price: *$250,000*
A bacterial illness that wreaks havoc on the lungs is tuberculosis. The current course of treatment consists of rigorous seclusion and an antibiotic regimen. Thanks to the advances in modern medicine, this fatal disease can now be better controlled, but thousands of people died when it ravaged entire countries in the early 20th century.
Los Angeles’ Barlow Sanitorium @atlasobscura/Pinterest
To stop the spread, sanatoriums—locations specifically designed to treat tuberculosis patients—were established. In order to provide TB patients with sunshine and fresh air, the Barlow Sanatorium was established in 1902; some patients spent years there. Barlow is currently a respiratory hospital, but the buildings from its former sanatorium are still standing.
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