A brain game I often played with my Step-mom as a child involved taking a recognizable, ordinary object, such as a coffee mug, and coming up with different uses for it.

For instance, it could be used as a coin jar, or to capture a lightning bug, or a Christmas ornament (on a strong tree). The imagination is powerful when there are no rules, or pre-exhisting notions about what something actually is.

On a similar note, you could look at these interesting pictures of abandoned properties and wonder what their story was … or, just make one up for yourself.

You might discover something about yourself through the explanation you imagine for each destination’s demise.