Nopeming Sanatorium — Attraction in Midway Township

I visited here on a night tour earlier this month with some friends and it was one of best parts of my trip! I would've preferred a day tour just so that I could see more but there weren't any more openings.

For anyone planning on visiting the Sanatorium, I'd like to offer some advice:

-Bring a flashlight. They tell you to do this on the website but I'd like to specify. I wasn't prepared and only brought my phone, using it's flashlight which casts a broader but weaker beam which made it more difficult to see everything. I'd suggest bringing a regular flashlight.

-Bring a facemask. They tell you the hazards of the building before beginning the tour but I'll let you know here that the air quality is extremely poor. Due to no regular maintenance being done, moisture has caused mold to grow which releases spores, there's still asbestos, no doubt plenty of dust in the air, and there are likely some animals that have stayed there.

-Wear closed toed shoes. I was wearing tennis shoes but a friend of mine was wearing slides with no socks and her feet had gotten dirty throughout the tour, some of it dust from the broken and rotted ceiling tiles that fell to the floor. Not to mention that there can be broken glass on the floor from disrespectful intruders not willing to pay for the tour. They try to clean up any broken glass but it can still be there.

-Be prepared to take pictures. There's a lot to see so I'd suggest being prepared to take...

I was hiking in the forest nearby ended up tripping and cutting my leg open pretty bad on some barbed wire. Google maps told me this was the closest hospital near by I managed to get there for some aid. Upon arrival I saw someone up in one of the balconies. Then they immediately walked inside while I'm shouting for help. Stood at the check in desk for a while bleeding out. No one ever came even tho I heard doctors walking around upstairs. As I was walking around searching for aid some guy that lives there named Garvey offered me some scotch to my pain. Ended up getting air lifted to St. Luke's. The doctors at St. Luke's said I was lucky to be alive I would have passed out of it wasn't for the scotch. Nopeming seriously needs some staff that care to aid people. Really needs a make over too. I felt like I was dead...

Very eerie at times. A mystique about it...quite a morbid history there. Many out buildings remain, the Crematorium is foreboding. TB patients, alzheimer patients remained bedridden for years. It is a place that lies in the woods..and the Ojibway word, Nopeming, means "in...