The Opium Den

I lived in a crappy 4-plex in Provo back in the late 80’s.  It was so dark and dingy, my friends and I dubbed it the Opium Den.  Of course there was no opium in Provo, or probably in the whole state, so it was just the yellowed window shades and half-basement entrance.

Had to laugh when I saw this Boing Boing post on the piece at SpotsUnknown.com:

http://spotsunknown.com/san-francisco-opium-den-photos-circa-1889/

From the Opium Museum’s Flickr account.