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I don't often name-drop locations I explore in the States because, like Belgium, they are very protective over many of the spots they hold dear to their hearts. But in this case it's impossible to post photos from here without giving the game away, as the biggest draw of the entire factory has the name in fairly big letters...
For years this former industrial bakery remained stubbornly sealed. I had always wanted to see it and my friends regaled me with tales of how they had got inside only once a few years ago, through an open door that was sealed the very next day. Months and years of regular checking followed, but it remained tightly sealed. So imagine my surprise when a few months ago I suddenly saw photos of it surface from various friends on Facebook. They had cracked it, via a truly ridiculous way in which many explorers that are taken there back out of doing when shown the way in. It will stand for many years I'm sure as the most ludicrous way into a building I have ever used, it was dangerous, tight, and very very grubby but I was there and it was in front of me so I had to do it.
Wonder Bread manufactured enriched bread products and was one of the first companies in the world to sell pre-sliced loafs. In later years they were bought out by Hostess Cakes and produced everyone's favourite diabetes-inducing snack, the Twinkie among many other things. After Hostess Cakes declared bankruptcy in 2012 the future of Wonder Bread was thrown into doubt, but it emerged with a new backer, Flower Foods, and production has since resumed.
This particular factory closed down a number of years ago and has been sat ever since. One of the sole remaining pieces of machinery inside was used in the production of Twinkies and is utterly disgusting.
Yes, that is a bread suit, and yes, I did put it on. And yes, there are photos of me yet to surface.
Thanks for looking 
