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Ned's Corner in Movie Groundhog day at Woodstock, IL

Groundhog Day turned the shops of Woodstock, IL into Punxsutawney. What does the square hold of it now?

Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis, CA

Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis, CA: three of its four anchor stores gone, and the long wait for what comes next

Midway Mall in Sherman, TX

From palms and tent roofs to one open corridor: Is Midway Mall in Sherman, TX still a place to shop?

Almeda Mall in Houston, TX

Almeda Mall in Houston, TX went from a pineapple fountain and two department stores to none. What comes next?

Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, TX

Anchors came and went, but Sears is still open. Is Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, TX struggling or thriving?

Northpark Mall in Joplin, MO

Northpark Mall in Joplin, MO once had six anchors. Now the city is weighing what comes next for the land

North Towne Square Mall in Toledo, Ohio

The rise and fall of North Towne Square mall in Toledo, OH, and what took its place

Alton Square Mall in Alton, IL

The rise and fall of the department stores at Alton Square Mall in Alton, IL. What keeps the mall going?

Factory Antique Mall in Verona, VA

This Mall in Verona, VA rose from an empty building to the country's largest. What comes next?

Ashley Landing Charleston, SC

What is being built at Ashley Landing in Charleston, SC, the shopping center that began as Ashley Plaza mall?

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Woolworth's lunch counter is long gone. Is the East McKinney Tunnel food court in Houston, TX emptying out?

Olde Mistick Village

Olde Mistick Village shopping center in Mystic, CT opened with a toy store, grocery, and cinema. Which remain?

Acadiana Mall

From French Quarter brick to an empty Macy's: Acadiana Mall in Lafayette, LA after Sears and Forever 21

The Shops at Santa Anita Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia, CA

The rise and reinvention of Santa Anita Fashion Park, now The Shops at Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, CA

San Jacinto Mall in Baytown, TX

The rise and fall of San Jacinto Mall in Baytown, TX, and the long wait for what comes next at I-10 and Garth

Northland Mall in Sterling, IL

What becomes of Northland Mall in Sterling, IL, the one-story center built with every store under one roof?

Bridge Street Town Centre

Bridge Street Town Centre mall in Huntsville, AL: shopping street built around a lake, and what comes next

Concord Mall in Elkhart, IN

The rise and fall of Concord Mall in Elkhart, IN, and what became of the octagonal dome over its center

Coastland Center in Naples, FL

The rise and reinvention of Coastland Center in Naples, FL, the mall that asked for a fifth department store

Alexandria Mall in Alexandria, LA

Alexandria Mall in Alexandria, LA lost Sears, Burlington, and Conn's. Is it holding on?

Central Mall in Port Arthur, TX

What happened to the big department stores at Central Mall in Port Arthur, TX after Sears and Stage closed?

The Streets at SouthGlenn

From Southglenn Mall to The Streets at SouthGlenn: a Centennial, CO shopping center now facing apartment plans

Jersey Shore Premium Outlets

Jersey Shore Premium Outlets in Tinton Falls, NJ is the size it was in 2008. Is it struggling or thriving?

Columbia Mall Entrance

Columbia Mall in Columbia, MO slipped to about 86% leased and lost Sears. What fills it in 2026?

Japan Center

From Datsun showroom to noodle shops and manga: Japan Center malls in San Francisco, CA

Simi Valley Town Center in Simi Valley, CA

Planned for up to 5 department stores, opened with 2, now zero: Simi Valley Town Center mall in Simi Valley, CA

Arizona Center in Phoenix, AZ

From sunken gardens to an empty office tower: the Arizona Center shopping mall in Phoenix, AZ

McKinley Mall in Buffalo, NY

The rise and fall of McKinley Mall in Hamburg, NY, where five department stores once traded and one remains

North Hills Village Mall in Pittsburgh, PA

Is North Hills Village in Pittsburgh, PA still there, the McKnight Road mall where Gimbels opened?

Preakness Shopping Center in Wayne, NJ

Preakness Shopping Center in Wayne, NJ is more than half empty. Will the old Macy's finally come down?

Target - Champlain Centre

Every big store space at Champlain Centre in Plattsburgh, NY has a tenant. Why is the mall for sale?

The Loop, Methuen Mall

From Methuen Mall to The Loop in Methuen, MA: the site emptied once. Is it in trouble again in 2026?

University Mall in Orem, UT

From orchard ground to sledgehammers on its north end: what University Mall in Orem, UT has turned into

North Plains Mall in Clovis, NM

41 shops opened North Plains Mall in Clovis, NM in 1985. Only three are still there. Can you name them?

Greenspoint Mall, Houston, TX

Why Houston's Greenspoint Mall Closed and Why It's Being Demolished for a $150 Million Industrial Park

Frenchtown Square - Mall of Monroe, Monroe, MI

5 anchors opened Frenchtown Square in Monroe, MI in 1988. All 5 are gone, but The Mall of Monroe is still open

Pier Shops at Caesars

Mall, luxury mall, entertainment hub, film studio, wedding venue: Ocean One pier in Atlantic City, NJ keeps reinventing itself

Northgate Mall in San Rafael, CA

Northgate Mall in San Rafael, CA went under glass in 1986. Now the city has approved cutting it open again

Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted, OH

Food court moved, cinema flickered, black Sears slated to come down: the restless Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted, OH

Clifton Park Center

Two anchors gone, corridors empty, then the wrecking ball: how Clifton Park Center mall in Clifton Park, NY rebuilt by subtraction

North Hills Raleigh, NC

North Hills in Raleigh, NC has been a strip center, an enclosed mall, open-air streets, and now zoning for 37-story towers

Harundale Mall Harundale Plaza

Remember Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie, MD? Its department store is a Lidl and an indoor adventure park now

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards

The Shops at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, NY, was stacked 7 levels high to lure you up. Now a bank has the top

Tempe Marketplace

Dumps, waste drums, a lost court fight, a recession: how Tempe Marketplace mall in Tempe, AZ finally got built out

SubTropolis

Inside the SubTropolis business complex in Kansas City, MO: stamps, federal records and a giant warehouse under one rock roof

Pinnacle Hills Promenade

Inside the Retail Reshuffle at Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers, AR

Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall

Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall opened with about 10 of 110 stores in an oil bust. 39 years later, this mall is still open in Anchorage, AK

Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City, UT

ZCMI, Mervyn's, Macy's, the old movie theater: Valley Fair Mall in West Valley City, UT outlasted them all

The Shops at Tanforan

Torn down once to save it, The Shops at Tanforan mall in San Bruno, CA now faces the wrecking ball again

Temple Mall Entrance

An aquarium that never opened, a $50 million plan that fell apart: how Temple Mall in Temple, TX got here

Lakeshore Mall Sebring

Lakeshore Mall in Sebring, FL now holds a gym, a farm store, and storage units. It's still open and just changed owners

The Mall at 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, FL

Remember Burdines and the Kiddie Park train? Here's The Mall at 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, FL now

Salisbury Mall

From Belk to a 1,000-seat hall: how Salisbury, NC's last mall turned into a county building

Mondawmin Mall

Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore, MD swapped its big stores for state offices, a gym and a health complex

Bronx Terminal Market

77 years of wholesale food, 17 years of big boxes: the double life of Bronx Terminal Market in the Bronx, NY

The Quarter at Tropicana

Remember shopping under a painted sky? See what became of The Quarter at Tropicana mall in Atlantic City, NJ

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Family Things to Do in Hot Springs, AR: What Works for Different Ages

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Things to Do in Hot Springs, AR by Month: Baths, Trails, Lakes and Fall Color

Royal Hawaiian Center

5 things Royal Hawaiian Center in Honolulu, HI lost in 46 years, and one restaurant that never moved out

SanTan Village in Gilbert, AZ

Built for shade and paved for cars, Gilbert, AZ's open-air SanTan Village mall is still working out the desert

Hot Springs vs Eureka Springs

Hot Springs vs Eureka Springs for Baths, Historic Streets and Weekend Trips

Richardson Square

52 years on Plano Road: the rise, fall, and unfinished rebuild of Richardson Square Mall, Richardson, TX

Queens Place Mall

Macy's left in 1995, Best Buy in 2025, Target is next. What's left in Queens Place Mall, Queens, NY?

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Best Lakes Near Hot Springs, AR for Beach Days, Boating and Quiet Water

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Hiking in Hot Springs, AR for Short Scenic Trails and Longer Hikes

Windward Mall

Windward Mall in Kaneohe, HI: here's what happens when a mall loses all 3 department stores it was designed around

Chula Vista Center

Chula Vista Center in Chula Vista, CA: the mall that beat 100 angry residents, Plaza Bonita, Mervyn's and a $42 million rebuild

Sunnyvale Town Center

Sunnyvale, CA bulldozed much of its old downtown to build Sunnyvale Town Center Mall. Then it bulldozed that too.

Mall of Abilene

Mall of Abilene in Abilene, TX: never added a square foot but rebuilt itself from the inside anyway

Galleria at Erieview

Remember the palms under the glass roof? Here's what took over Cleveland, OH's Galleria at Erieview Mall

Stony Point Fashion Park

Remember when Stony Point Mall in Richmond, VA had Saks, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany? Today it has a hatchet range and a line-dance museum.

Kings Plaza Brooklyn

6-screen cinema, 4-story Sears, 2-year JCPenney: Kings Plaza, the mall in Brooklyn, NY that keeps slicing up its own buildings

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Best Bathhouses in Hot Springs, AR for Traditional Baths, Thermal Pools and Couples

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Museums in Hot Springs, AR for Bathhouse History, Science and Gangster Stories

Manhattan Village Mall in Manhattan Beach, CA

From Chevron oil land to the mall nobody fully owns: the invisible lines under Manhattan Village in Manhattan Beach, CA

Chandler Fashion Center

Remember the dancing waters fountain at Chandler Fashion Center in Chandler, AZ? Wait till you see what the whole mall turned into

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Things to Do in Hot Springs National Park for History, Soaking and Short Hikes

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Hot Springs Weekend Itinerary That Keeps the Core and Cuts the Rush

Salem Center mall - Salem, Oregon

4 department stores, 4 skybridges, 1 anchor still trading: what's left of Salem Center in Salem, OR

North East Mall

The mall that keeps swallowing its own anchors: inside 55 years of demolition and reuse at North East Mall in Hurst, TX

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Fashion Fair

Fashion Fair Mall, Fresno, CA: 60 years of a city deciding what a shopping center is allowed to become

Legends Outlets Kansas City

Remember bowling and animatronic dinosaurs at Legends Outlets Kansas City? Look what fills that place now.

Silver Lake Village

Apache Plaza in Saint Anthony, MN: the mall that swallowed a pig farm and came back as Silver Lake Village

Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, MS

McRae's, D.H. Holmes, Gayfers, and JCPenney anchored Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, MS. Only JCPenney is still there.

Holly Hill Mall

You remember it as Colonial Mall. Your neighbor as Burlington Square. In Burlington, NC it was Holly Hill the whole time.

Eastland Mall North Versailles

800 jobs at its peak, 500 by 2024, and not one wall left: what became of Eastland Mall in North Versailles, PA

San Francisco Centre

From $600 million a year to 93% empty: the 38-year rise and fall of San Francisco Centre Mall

North Riverside Park Mall

The mall with stores it doesn't own: inside 50 years of North Riverside Park Mall in North Riverside, IL

Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, VT

25 years, 4 blocks, 2 rejected plans: how Burlington, VT built Church Street Marketplace one piece at a time

Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park, TX

Two of the five stores that opened Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park, TX are dark boxes now, but the corridors are 97% full

SouthBay Pavilion

53 years, 3 department stores, 1 survivor: the breakup of SouthBay Pavilion Mall in Carson, CA

Louisiana Boardwalk

From Bass Pro to pickleball: the 5 lives of Louisiana Boardwalk Mall, Bossier City, LA's riverfront experiment

Pearlridge Center

Hawaii's only monorail. A farm older than the mall. A lease that ends in 2043. Welcome to Pearlridge Center in Waimalu, HI.

St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO

Two hospitals, one name, 150 years: only half of St. Alexius Hospital in St. Louis, MO was ever Alexian

Living in Lakewood, Washington

Everyday Lakewood, WA: 13 street ends that aren't parks, a freeway down the middle, and training nobody announces

Living in Sedona, AZ

Everyday Sedona, AZ: one roundabout, twelve evacuation zones, and a compost list capped at 150

Living in Gatlinburg, TN

Everyday Gatlinburg, TN: traffic lights, bear-resistant trash, and Thursday trout closures