The Victoria Secret was that store that had the pink polka dots on the wall. It was attached to the black walled store that had all those chairs in it. All of that was Victoria's & the polka dot room was where they had there "Pink" labeled items. Pretty sure.

It's sad this has been demolished. The architecture was amazing, especially the huge overhead skylight. This was a grand place and as you go through, I imagined seeing the people there having a great time. The elevator scene was priceless! I'm glad you got all of this on video before demolition began. Thank you for sharing it!

It's been a little over a year since they demolished it, and now they've used the space for top golf, high point fitness, and other popular store fronts. The space is bringing a lot of good business to that portion of Huntsville.

Sadly, a 'dead mall' video finally hits a mall that was very near and dear to me as a youngster. Spent so much time here, especially as a teenager. More memories than I could hope to count. Thanks for the video!

There’s just something about dead malls that seem so fascinating to me. I think it has to do with all the memories that were created there. And when you go back in time to see what the mall was like along time ago I think that is really cool.

I'm 17 now and watching this sorta makes me sick. I remember coming here when I was 2 all the way until I was a teen. To see massive part of your childhood in ruins leaves you feeling weird. It's a really uncomfortable feeling. Like you've lost a family member you never knew. I remember going to the glow in the dark mini golf for a couple birthday parties and then going to the food court after. Sad

I was here last in August and it was nearly empty. Now it's gone for good. When I moved to Huntsville in 2012 this mall was still operating and was somewhat decent. I even met my friends here at this mall in the arcade/game store. Now it's all a memory.

@sfritts10

7 жыл бұрын

GameLifter Thankfully that store still exists, they just moved down the street and are known as Rocket City Arcade ☺️

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Alabama

Great explore. 10:45 The security guard was probably the last person working in the mall. It looks like at the end of his shift he just dropped his badge on the desk and walked out the door for the last time. The elevator was probably running on reduced emergency power. That's why it was running so slow.

@DASMarijn

7 жыл бұрын

Max Zomboni ecd

The alarm gives it like a post apocalyptic kinda vibe. Like y'all have survived & are scavenging in the mall.

@moonbeam537

7 жыл бұрын

Moxie Bluebird : I wonder if they can pull the plug on the siren?

@rileywebb2110

7 жыл бұрын

moonbeam537 they probably couldve with the breaker. But what idiot would run out the fire exit, and i wonder hoe long its been going on for.

Rick tell Bekah her video photography is excellent, she keeps her hands still when she pans through while filming....love your videos!!

It’s honestly crazy to me, I used to go this mall all the time. It had many people. Then bridge steer came and it gradually started going more and more downhill. I remember the alarm going off when I was at Sears before it closed. Thank you so much for doing this vid. It bring back so many memories:)

The food court changed so much! There was even a McDonald’s in the area where the chick fil a was at one point. There was Taco Bell, subway, China star, Subaru’s, sarkura (Japanese hibachi), a gyro place, soooo much moved in and out

The store you thought was a computer store was at one time The Disney Store.

@laurajuranek4415

6 жыл бұрын

estherdestiny I had bought a beautiful Lady and the Tramp snow globe from there YEARS ago.

@kthomascik

5 жыл бұрын

when i was really young i accidentally walked out of that store with a stuffed animal and my mom didnt notice till we got to the car. ah memories

@lukethomas639

5 жыл бұрын

that’s where i bought my little brothers favorite bowls years ago

@dsflixfan1

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that looked like the Disney store.

@SaturnDreamingofMercury

4 жыл бұрын

Software Etc. was on the 2nd floor close to the food court.

Big risk, nobody there...You should not have tried that elevator, LOL!

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah we won't do that again lol.

@MaxZomboni

7 жыл бұрын

I guess worst case scenario, if you got stuck, you could have called 911 and asked them to get you out.

@andnews9495

7 жыл бұрын

Risky indeed. Although it made for epic video. Tag it for a future "best of" series. :)

@MikeHoughtonasUnit8720

7 жыл бұрын

I could hear the phone call. em.. I'm stuck in the elevator. Where? The abandoned Mall.

@jewllake

7 жыл бұрын

looks it was not getting full power. Perhaps some other breaker was off some where?

seeing this mall like this breaks my heart. I grew up in Franklin County TN and this mall was my childhood hangout. My mom passed away last year and she and I would make trips to Huntsville every month and this mall was our spot. I got my ears pierced at that Claires. Mom bought me a new comforter bed set at the JCPennys there when I was a teenager. We did all our Christmas shopping here. I built memories with my family here and it breaks my heart to see it gone.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your memories. Good times.

very nice explore! I love exploring abandoned malls/retail always brings back memories!

Thanks Rick and Bekah, you took me on a fascinating journey,,, good job on photography and commentary!

the fire alarms were on because they needed to drain the control panels battery

Thanks for this video man. Really took me back. I grew up in Huntsville, and grew up going to Madison Square. The last time I went in there was probably around 2014/2015 before I moved away, and even then it was practically empty. Only a few storefronts were open. I do remember what a good portion of the storefronts were back in the mid-late 2000s. When I get some time I may run through the timestamps and point them out.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Lived in and around hsv since 72, I use to shop at Dunnavants mall and then “the mall”. Man how things have changed!

A shame more and more indoor malls close ;/

Thanks for filming this Mall! I have many great memories of shopping, hanging out, and working there over the years. It's a shame that CBL let it go to crap like they did, but CBL is good at destroying Malls. I live close to what used to be Hickory Hollow Mall in Nashville, and CBL true to form ran it in the ground, and it sits mostly empty now.

The Sbarro you were thinking of was on the side with the arcade, next to the China King if I'm remembering correctly. I remember I'd always hop in the arcade after looking around FYE, play some Initial D, then get a slice or two at Sbarro before going home. I actually went here sometime around June last year and it was already pretty much a ghost town with just a few shoe stores open. Even though it's been slowly going downhill for the past ten years it's still pretty sad to see it go.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your memories of this place. Shame it's being torn down as we type ...

This is one of the coolest abandoned mall videos I've ever seen. In all my exploring I wish I could have gone here of all places

Reminds me of my childhood walking around the malls with my family. Every Friday we went to a mall just to get dinner and walk around the stores. Thanks for managing to fit this in your schedule!

Crazy if that Sears store was still open with that crazy fire alarm blaring day and night

@play4u67

7 жыл бұрын

Lol....that's what I was thinking also.Wonder why Sears didn't try to get someone to shut them off...like say maybe the fire department??

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Alarms were intentional to keep people out of the main part of the mall

@Owlzindabarn

7 жыл бұрын

Guess it didn't work lol

@rileywebb2110

7 жыл бұрын

play4u67 its abandoned and since now ones there they cant shut it off unless an explorer does...but obviously no one has

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

This mall is demolished.

Not surprised. Looking at the area it's in, Huntsville, Alabama. It's not in a dense population, tons of spaced out everything, open fields of nothing surrounding the mall. Where I live, the malls are surrounded by people, neighborhoods, in a veryyy packed dense population so malls don't have that problem about staying in business.

@jasondonnelly1888

7 жыл бұрын

Ocean You're pretty right about Everything spaced out. When this mall was being constructed, it was literally a field with one road. That specific area now is very bustling.

@naturallyaspirated9391

7 жыл бұрын

In Texas, there are plenty of malls that were built far outside of Houston and Dallas, and they always are the most dominant and successful, and typically kill off the older ones closer to the center, due to the fact that they lack the issues of crime.

@Ncyphen

7 жыл бұрын

The Valley View Mall, just outside of Dallas (LBJ and Preston) is about to be shut down, as well. The owner's plans are to demolish the mall and turn it into an upscale mixed shopping/living district, rebuilding the Mall AMC into it's own building (AMC had a long term contract with the mall). It's looking like late 2017 may be the earliest before the mall officially shuts down.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Same exact story for this mall. Sounds like that's what they are doing all over the place.

@reidhauenstein1390

7 жыл бұрын

Well the other mall here in Huntsville just totally killed madison squares revenue, we also so the emergence of bridge street just down the road that offered more stores and as a more enticing venue

@ 27:30 I loved that play ground. It was weird that the whole thing was plastic but it was like a miniature huntsville with the rocket, the big spring bridge, etc. super fun.

This hurts, seriously. This mall has been part of my life since I was 4 yrs old, and a lot of the most important purchases of my life have been made here. In the 80s this mall was literally the best thing that happened to Huntsville. They sold EVERYTHING under one roof. I could go on and on. When I get some time, will help u out on what most of the store fronts were.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Beth. I know it's very sad. Thx for your comments

@bethmosher3598

7 жыл бұрын

Exploring with Rick & Bekah just curious, how did you manage to get into the old Belk/McRaes?

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

When we were there a door from the outside was propped open. Not sure if it is anymore. Gonna go visit ?

@bethmosher3598

7 жыл бұрын

Exploring with Rick & Bekah wow. I would have to take a pass, I'm afraid (busy w kids)! Aside from Sears close out sale, last time I went in the general mall space was on the day Game Galaxy left (we actually wanted to shop there that day)! Wish I had gone back maybe one more time while the mall was legitimately open.

That alarm is the same type as the 9/11 video where the camera man walks in the building. Pretty scary sound.

@nancydarling4918

7 жыл бұрын

Yes it is the same alarm. I've seen that video. Spooky.

@FireAlarmDude5967

5 жыл бұрын

Nancy Darling No it isn’t.

@queencitysirens8755

5 жыл бұрын

No, similar that is a simplex voice evacuation the WTC has a cebrious pyrotronics Siemens

@Prnencetti

5 жыл бұрын

Sir Goofle McNutt yes you are right about that alarm creepy just like the alarms from 9/11. It dose that alarm and then goes Ding ding ding ding then The alarm then ding ding ding ding agin.

@gunterstryke5657

5 жыл бұрын

Sirendude744 Cincinnati how many batteries does it hold, nerd?

I think this town is where my good friend lives and where she grew up. She has told me about Huntsville Alabama. She said it is much bigger town than my home town here in Florida on the Space Coast. I told her someday I'd love to see everything in this town cause she said the new Mall looks like a city and its beautiful there. Very cool vlog.

Awesome, man! One of your coolest videos. The alarm makes it creepy. That should be a thing in a horror movie, or something.

this was so cool and my first abandoned mall vid where like you said, there wasn't any vandalism yet .... really great job guys and you did your best to deal with the issue of the alarm affecting your taping . It is so sad to see the mall experience where teens meet up and hang or families gone by the way side ... we would spend so much time there before going to the movies etc (not at this mall) .. I just hate all the huge corporate companies squishing all the smaller really specialty stores...bummer and the malls are so huge and overwhelming now ...not like these ones .

Thanks much for making this video. I've been recording and posting aerial videos of the demolition. I have a lot of memories in this mall, from picking out wedding registry gifts to playing in the arcade with my little girl. It's sad to see it go.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Hey I watched one of your aerial videos. Glad you've been taking those to document the malls legacy. Thanks for watching. Yes very sad to see go. ..

the alarm sounds really creepy as it echo's the halls...

@TheOWL-hy9lt

7 жыл бұрын

the prisoner has escaped he is deranged and dangerous....

You two have so much fun. I really enjoy your exploring. There is NO WAY I would have gone on the elevator.

I remember my dad and sister got stuck on that elevator on Black Friday years ago. Pretty much grew up in that mall thanks for the video❤️

You might not see this, but my family used to own the Cajun Grill, Manchu Wok, and Checkers in the food court. The restaurant you pointed at, at least in the times my family owned it in the 2000s, was called Crackers. You might be thinking about Machu Wok if you remember Chinese Food. I'll let you in on a little secret though, all three had "Chinese" food. In many malls across America, multiple restaurants will serve Chinese food similar to sesame or orange chicken, which was easy to make and had higher profit margins than other foods. Obviously, a mall would not want to have three Chinese restaurants taking up leasing space in their malls, so restauranteurs would circumvent that by just changing their name to something else. That is how you get a place with the name "Cajun Grill" selling almost identical stuff as Manchu Wok plus a few unique items. I basically grew up and was raised in this mall. After school, I would be here until the restaurants closed. It is a little sad to see it degrade over the years. This video has been very nostalgic for me and I thank you for documenting this.

i knew that name sounded familiar, madison square, then i realized, i was stationed at redstone arsenal in huntsville....lol...ty for the video! It's sad to see it like that

Such a shame to see that place almost empty :\ Times really change

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

7 жыл бұрын

Wish I could have explored it.

i love this video! the alarm thing is epic. subscribed....btw you two are blessed such a cute couple 😊

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked the alarm. Made it very eerie. 🚨

Great place to explore. My daughter would love your hat Bekah! Thanks for sharing!

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

She wears it all the time ! It's so cute on her. :)

I'm noticing a lot of architectural similarities to Georgia Square Mall in Athens, GA that was also developed by CBL 3 years prior to Madison Square, right down to the railings, the hexagonal skylights, the escalators that lead up to a single-story Sears wing, and a Chick-Fil-A that you could actually walk into and sit down at.

Abandoned mall plus siren-style fire alarms, reminds me of Silent Hill.

@FireAlarmDude5967

5 жыл бұрын

wolftickets1969 Actually they are speaker strobes

14:58 ... Victoria's Secret that I worked at for 4 years..... /sigh And now that mall is completely destroyed. Demolished. Flattened. Thanks for the video bro.. I miss our mall.. SOO MANY MEMORIES!

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Anything being built in its place now ?

Thank you both, for narrating over that crazy, loud alarm (although I'm sorry that you guys had to listen to it!) & for braving that cold! I'm a new subscriber to your channel & so far, loving your work~ you two make an awesome team! You've even inspired my husband & I to consider getting out there & exploring too :) Thanks again for the amazing videos, your hard work & dedication ~ Lisa- from Maryland

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

We are glad we inspired you! Just be really careful out there, there are actually a lot of places we do not go to because of the area or because of instinct. :)

Our mall had a business dating to 1985 that moved out 3 years ago because the rent was too high. They moved into another 1/2 dead mall. Give them a rent break for being practically the only business there. Old Navy moved out, but Red Robin moved in. Weird.

Hi Rick and Bekah, I really enjoyed your tour round Madison Square Mall, Rick the expression on your face when you thought the slow moving elevator might leave you trapped there, I'd have been just the same. Thank you for showing me round something I'd never get the chance to see. Keep up the good work, John

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Hey John. Glad you got a chance to see this place. It was really something in its day. Very busy. Seeing it this way is strange

@bigladjonnyboy397

7 жыл бұрын

I bet it was, it's now mostly demolished, been looking at it on youtube, I have no connection with the place, but you have. happy memories.

Your video is Awsome and great work. I'm from Jamestown, N.Y. and the mall near by (warren mall in P.A) has only 2 stores left after Kmart left everyone else followed suit. You too inspire me cause I love old abandoned houses, hospitals, and jails. Please keep up the great work. Thanks, Rick C.

This is my hometown, huntsville.. Thanks so much. great vid.

@TheTAMMY97

6 жыл бұрын

hsvguy45 you need to find someone that worked where that Chic fa La was. They might no what was up those stairs. Then you could share it on here.

4:44 and that is what happens to a building with the AC shut off. the high moisture levels cause those ceiling tiles to get damp and fall apart.

Man, that is so weird seeing that place that way. I remember when it opened. I remember how modern an novel everything was. Used to go there to buy records and video games and loved to go to the book store. Was awesome when they opened the computer store upstairs also. I went to Ruby Tuesdays and that Italian place upstairs for years. I knew it was doomed when McDonalds packed up and left. Great video guys, just be careful nosing around in those places though.

I'm so very surprised actually how the mall stayed so clean and tidy. Thank you for sharing the tour of the abandoned Madison square Mall it's very fascinating.

That commercial was so 80s! Building's and Houses loose their spirit when they get abandoned and neglected and tend to die.

I would love to see some video of this mall in it's prime. My buddy and I lived in Sherwood Park growing up and used to ride our motorcycles through the woods to the construction site when they were building it (lots of hills and stuff for dirt bikes)...and I watched a year or so ago when they tore it town...it was actually a pretty sad scene...my playing "I Remember You" by Skid Row didn't help matters any :P TONS AND TONS of memories at this mall....thanks for posting this.

Great video! It is rare to get to see an abandned mall before the vandals take over 20:53 - The elevator probably forgot where it was, so it went slow to relearn where it was.

The fire alarm I remember from the 9/11 videos. Very creepy. But the fire alarms made the video much more interesting as in "Who left the alarm on?". Great Video.

I love you're videos thank you for all the abandoned places you take me i always feel like I'm there with you guy's

Okay, this was so cool! I moved to Huntsville in 2001. I worked at American Cafe (aka Am Caf) and Yankee Candle! I haven't been in there since I left in 2006. I heard AmCaf just closed down with no notice. Even the GM didn't know. They all showed up and the doors were locked! But I was a bartender and server there. The food was great! And I really loved working there. Great times! Thanks for going inside. So sad to see it in that condition. Wow! My girls grew up in that mall for 5 years. So many great memories. The fashion show you mentioned, we were there! And they loved Time Out! Also, the smoothie place was my fave! I loved their peach banana smoothie. Lol I am back in Cali now but got to visit Huntsville in 2018 and drive by the old mall location and saw it was completely demo'd and something new was in it's place. So sad. :(

@MrAsmith1583

3 жыл бұрын

Oh dear God, I used to work at AmCaf (Mozzarella's) back in 1995-1996. Got into a fight with a loudmouth cook and was fired on the spot, but not before I poured a pan of Alfredo sauce on his head. LOL so many great memories.

very cool vid ; i really enjoy knowing the history of places & it was very nice of u to share ur personal history here as well. i agree with comments i read that it seems much too nice to tear down. unfortunately a lot of things currently made & built have "built in obsolescence" if it's not trendy enough. i personally prefer old structures. one thing that really hit the indoor malls business were so many outlet malls (strip mall style). now they too have a problem keeping tenants as the big box stores r everywhere. any thanks again for the vid it was great, as always , & double thanks for not making us hear the alarm the whole time ;kudos to ya'll for braving it so long for all of us :) keep safe & God bless :) :) :)

YEA I GREW UP TO THE "SUPER MALL" THERE TOO A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES THERE I LIKE YOU MOVED AWAY ABOUT THE SAME TIME RIGHT BEFORE THEY DEMOLISHED IT AND STARTED A NEW LIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOT TO FAR FROM HUNTSVILLE ;) BOUT 23 YEARS AGO I MISS THE OLD LIFE THERE BUT AS THE OLD SAYING GOES EVERYTHING CHANGES AND WE CANT STAY STUCK IN THE PAST EVERYONE MUST MOVE ON TO THE FUTURE BUT I STILL LOVE HUNTSVILLE HADNT BEEN THERE IN A FEW YEARS BUT ILL BE BACK TO VISIT SOON ENOUGH AND YOU NEVER KNOW I MIGHT MOVE BACK SOME DAY LOLS BUT ITS JUST THE SAME EITHER WAY HUNTSVILLE WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOME TOWN AND ILL ALWAYS LOVE HUNTSVILLE AND ITS BECAUSE OF HUNTSVILLE THAT I AM THE DECENT AND SUCCESSFUL MAN THAT I HAVE BECOME TODAY AND I HONESTLY OWE THAT TO HUNTSVILLE AND I GRATEFULLY THANK THEM FOR THAT!!!! THANK YOU HUNTSVILLE ;)!!!!!!!! I LOVE YA, AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON!!!!!!! AND REMEMBER, KEEP HUNTSVILLE BEAUTIFUL ;)!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great video. I went to this mall alot, sad to see what happened to it. It was still doing ok up until a few years ago. Last time I was in the mall many of the stores had already closed. A few things I want to point out: The store at 14:28 used to be a Disney store. It closed a long time ago and no one else ever took it over. The Software, ect. was located near the Sears, right in front of the Food Court. It later became a Gamestop. The CMI Computer store later moved to the store at 22:42. The Time-Out eventually closed and a video game store called Classic Game Vault took it's place. They had arcade machines you could play where you were standing at 28:15.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the extra info Brett.

Cool video guys! So sad to see all this empty Malls...

The area at 10:26 my cousin had CRAZY business with a little airbrush kiosk. You could bring a clothing item, write your order, pick it up in 2 days with a FRESH early 2000s style design.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

4 жыл бұрын

Mega fresh

awesome explore man ... very apocalyptic

the alarm going off literally sounds like something straight of the walking dead...ABSOLUTELY CHILLING

That's really cool. Other than my military and contracting time between 2003 and 2012 I lived in Huntsville. I, like you, hadn't been in the mall for years even after I lived back in Huntsville. The last time I was in the mall I bought a tool kit from Sears in 2009. It's really cool to see what the mall looked like right before it's demise. I use to do some abandoned store exploring in high school so this is pretty cool to see.

I used to love going in this mall. It’s popularity decreased around 2000, when Parkway Place Mall started, and then that mall’s popularity declined when Bridge Street opened.

The smoothie store downstairs was called Thirsty's. My sister used to work there it was her first job. I worked other places in this mall. So did my husband. I love this place. I meat him there when he worked in Burch and Hatfield upstairs between the cd store and foot locker across from the arcade.

I remember going here before it closed. very eerie. I went there a few years before that, there was an arcade open, and more stores were also opened. I think I still have my tickets from the arcade.

I think Dan Bell did a Video on this Mall when it went dead. This Mall is so beautiful. Thankyou for sharing your Memories. I used to frequent the Methuen Mall in Methuen MA in the late 70s, 80s and 90s alot and have alot of fond Memories. Methuen Mall closed down in the mid 90s and was demolished in 1999. The Malls are slowly dying out due to Internet Shopping, Wal-Mart, Target. It's sad. I can't believe they left the Boxes of Reeses lying round like that. Wow! Great Video! Bright Blessings to you and Beckah Rick! Blessed Be! 🌛🌝🌜

@LethaWolfStudios

7 жыл бұрын

I've seen everyone of Dan Bell's dead mall videos in the series, he never went here

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

I just checked. He didn't do this one for sure.

@battybethc

7 жыл бұрын

H.H. foxaddict, I thought he may have gone there. Thanks for the Thumbs up!

@battybethc

7 жыл бұрын

Rick & Bekah, thankyou I thought he did.This Mall is in Alabama is it not?

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

It's Huntsville Al. I looked at his channel. Couldn't find this one. Have a link ?

My brother and I used to skip school and come here… I was genuinely sad when they tore it down.

That store you were in at the very beginning was Mcrae's. It closed 10+ years prior to the mall closing they completely sheet rocked over the inside top and bottom floor entrances. See it at 22:59 10:04 Turning left would have one TEAM store on left, and then hit sheetrock from Mcraes. 11:49 Big store in front was a Hallmark then became a glow in the dark golf place, a few years before the closing of the mall. 12:46 was a smoothie stand it, it closed years before the mall closed. 13:01 obvious jewelry store to the left. 13:07 was a coffee shop that had been closed for 10+ years. The store next to it was a bathroom showcase "store" and before that used sale nik-naks i believe or was it candy, that closed way before i could remember, only remember the distinct rainbow esque tile, that was still in there behind the show case curtain. 13:19 was a finish line. 14:31 was a Disney store it too closed years before the mall closed, was later rented out during Halloween for a "spook house". 14:43 was men boutique closing store for more ethnic tastes. 14:56 was a Victoria's Secret and across from that was an American Eagle. 16:55 clockwise, was a nail place, master cuts, and Buffalo Wild wings, i believe a white collar loan place (IDK), salon, and wet seal(they were giving away clothes when the company went under lol). 17:02 Right hand side Top and Bottom where Jewelry stores. Middle was upper and bottom level of Dillard's. Left Top was a boutique for purses and perfumes and bottom was a few things, but Alabama/Auburn store and then a another salon/haircut place from my memory. 17:54 nik-naks and board games store. 18:01 clock wise, Canvas, Gymboree , and right side NY&Company(dont quote me), and The Barn Candle Co. 18:21 3 stores on the left jumped hands so many times, one in the middle was a maternity clothing store. 18:36 Great American Cookie, or something. To the left of it was Charlotte Russe(dont quote me). 18:52 On left was Oxford Street, the oldest "non-anchor" store in the mall was there since the 80's i believe. (was a suit store). 18:54 store in middle was an EB Games. 19:07 It was a bouquet like place it switch hands many times. 19:25 In the center of that plaza area used to be a crossed escalator. They removed it, when they renovated the mall. 19:29 Was a Parisians till Belk bought them out, it had extra floor in it between the first and second, it was pretty cool. 19:40 big store on right, switched hands so many times, was seasonal store (christmas), then Car Showcase, and mens boutique. store on the left was a Kirklands type store, dont think it was Kirklands. 19:51 Place in the left corner was an office not a store, and the place on the right switch hands many times, i believe it was a place where they sold place sets like those massive backyards forts with swings on side. 21:33 GMC, ABC Toys, RadioShack, Claire's, Verizon. 21:39 was a Dillard's Mens at one point it changed hands a few times before closing perm. 21:41 Right side first was that TOP LEFT boutique from 17:02, childrens place(i think), oriental express or something, old Pac Sun(close 10 - 15 years before hand), then the high end childrens place next to the jewelry place seen at 35:58. 21:44 Left side, spa place(), City Gear, Pretzel place, bookstore(non brand), photography place, Yankee Candle, and Hibbetts. Skip over the left turn, Journeys, Spencers, and a baked goods/smoothie place(on the outside of the food court.) turn left you start going into the food court. The furthest store with the blue and red strips was a Star Bucks at one point and then a shoe store. 22:40 There is a store in between the old Star Bucks and Sears, it was an Art Gallery. 22:55 was the final resting place of the computer store you mentioned it used to be a jewelry store before hand. 23:23 - 23:29 LIDS, another Team store,a nail place i believe, GameStop, and KB toys. 28:11 outside you had Right to left American Cafe(IDK), FYE, wedding store/suit rental and then back to Hibbetts. 32:58 IS a big skip to the otherside of the mall, in Cinnabon, across was a jewelry store(not shown to the right was a high end childrens store mentioned above), to the left was the OG Victoria's Secret spot that became a Shop Dept Encore which stretched to the JC PENNY's seen earlier (TOP floor). * GAP IN VIDEO TOP FLOOR Between Elevator and JC PENNY"S was skipped (except for the above Cinnabon). Between the elevator, on the left side first was Men's Dillards, high end womens botique store, Aeropostale, a movie store that sold anime stuff, reg movies and nsfw movies(hardcore FYE) and one other store in between it and Cinnabon. Past Cinnabon on the left side of the mall you get Parisians/Belk then across the way going towards JCPENNYS you have an old ATT/Cingular store, womens boutiuqe store, a gothy/alt makeup place, CMI computers OG spot, and Mark's Imports, then JC Pennys. FOOD COURT FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN A CIRCLE: Greek Gyro Arby's then a massage place Bathrooms Subway Cajun Grill Taco Bell Sukuros, Japanese Grill Chick-fil a Random Burger place changed hands quite a few times Same for the next one after that. And that big white spot at the far end was McDonalds It closed 15+ years before the mall closed. American Restaurant, i think thats what it was called, later used to store unused Arcade Machines. 27:13 You can see the Arcade, Called Time-Out and then something else after they changed owners. 27:47 Sbarros and to left of that China Wok, it wasn't shown, next to that was a candy place. note when i say boutique that is just a guess i was younger and didn't care too much about women's clothing or brands. Why the hell did i just type all this... Just for documentation purposes, plus i grew up in that mall and loved it.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

5 жыл бұрын

Wow very detailed. Thank you !

this is definitely one of my favorite abandoned mall videos!!

Been there several times I am 80 miles West from there and remember when the mall first opened our mall is a joke stores move out of it all the time cause rent is so high and went in other areas in town like Huntsville thanks for doing this and enjoy yalls videos

So what happened? Urban Flight?? Another mall opened up??? Has to be one of those, for sure.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Another mall

@MckennaMinecraft

7 жыл бұрын

John L Parkway Place opened up around Madison Square and it boomed very quickly. There was also rising crime around there

omg when u went into the old arcade that brought back memories from when I was there for my friends bday party..and the old kids play area I would see kids playing and laughing...just seeing this brought back many old memories from this mall..UK they tour down the mall like the whole thing but the theater in the back of it..well the theater is new so i see y..I wish I went there for one last time I really miss this mall..I'm glad I found this video thanks 👌

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your memories. The mall won't be forgotten. :)

Still a nice mall, shame it's no longer open. I couldn't believe it when the elevator opened up, WHY IN THE HECK WOULD YOU COVER UP THAT AMAZING SKYLIGHT IN THAT RESTAURANT??!!!, Props to you for staying there and dealing with that fire alarm I'm sure your ears were probably still ringing for awhile after you left, I've also never seen an escalator layout like that before (the escalators in Belk) that was different. Plus you don't need to worry about battery power the mall clearly still has power all you had to do was find an outlet lol!

Poor Becca looked so cold at the end. And tired. You know everything left will be there until the mall,is torn down. How did you get in? That alarm must have been driving you bonkers. Nice video.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

It wasn't pleasant lol but we still enjoyed it. Yeah poor Bekah was cold.

This was great. I know that whenever my "teenage" mall closes it will be so sad. I have sooo many memories from there. So far it is holding it's own, but is starting to be known as the "dangerous" mall.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

That's what happened to this one. People started labeling it as ghetto. It declined quickly afterwards.

,,always waiting for your videos,,,nice one

I loved seeing this. I was a pre-teen when this mall opened up and have many fond memories. I think I remember that Chinese restaurant that you were talking about, was it Sakkio's or something like that? My favorite memories were going to 'Time Out', the arcade, and a place me and my friends called 'the ninja store'. They sold ninja weapons and memorabilia all through the 80s and 90s.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

I remember a big knife store upstairs but that was in the early 2000s

exciting, glad you reached 10,000 subs, we are approaching 1000 lol, having you visit us would be exciting too, keep up the great exploring videos. Looking forward to more!

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nevada. We'd love to come there and explore.

@NevadaArcade

7 жыл бұрын

Arcade channels are hot, and we have the arcade, do think about it, we would be sure you would be a VIP at the Prize Zone.

I was there in madison Square mall from 2007 to 2016. It went from kinda lively, to very dead in the final years. The mall is now long gone, and destroyed. Not it;'s just a movie place that is left out of the mall area, and a newly built golf-thing.

thanks for the video, i lived in huntsville for ~17 years and loved going here as a kid. looking back it was doomed with sears and dillard's as anchors, lol

I am absolutely fascinated by abandoned places especially malls and theme parks!!!

14:20 was a Disney Store, btw. NOT Software Etc., for your info. I'm surprised this mall largely hadn't gotten vandalized, for an abandoned mall. Too often, that seems to be the case! With that 2015 ad you saw in one part of this mall, I'll take it this mall was only sealed up within the last 2 years? 24:33 within the food court was a Subway, btw. Amazing video btw, and thanks for posting it on youtube!

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks borat. I don't think main part was sealed for very long. Maybe a few weeks or months. Now demolished.

There are quite a lot of these abandoned malls all across America. A lot I grew up with (one in particular) in my area have been torn down, replaced or reused as office space...it is quite the American phenomena. An interesting part of our cultural history really. I watched an interesting documentary about the rise and fall of Mall across America. Really interesting stuff. I miss them.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to that documentary?

@morelandlawrence1683

7 жыл бұрын

This might be it: www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/temples-american-commerce-indoor-malls-lose-shoppers-e-stores/

@morelandlawrence1683

7 жыл бұрын

NO that's not it...too short...the one I'm thinking of was at least 1/2 hr. will try to find it. Think this might just be part of the same one tho.

@morelandlawrence1683

7 жыл бұрын

NO that is what I was thinking of, when i saw it on TV I think it was part of a larger program.

Hey Rick and Beka how come the alarm went off and did you get into trouble? I hope not. We would miss you if you went to jail. Please be safe. Praying for you. Your KZread Christian Friend.Love your videos.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

It was s fire alarm. Was already blaring before we got there. ;) thanks !

@agrimonyscrafts2089

7 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. So glad to hear you are safe. Can not wait for the next video.

@stphinkle

7 жыл бұрын

Exploring with Rick & Bekah I bet over time the monitoring for these alarms get disconnected and no one responds to them anymore.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

It was set off deliberately. Mall was demolished in feb

Very interesting. I really want to do a mall myself. Good video.

I went several times as a teenager and in my 20's. sad to see it abandoned. The alarm makes it feel creepy...like a horror movie.

It really broke my heart when this mall shut down and got demolished. My parents took me there from when I was a baby and I continued going until the Christmas before they closed. I had really good memories in there. I didn’t even go to the newer malls until I had any choice.

The candle store you saw was attached to Bath and Body Works they sold candles and home fragrances as well. really sad to see that they have already demolished part of the Mall. It looks as though it wasn't maintained well. But from what I hear there will be something going up there soon! Love your vids, keep up the great work!

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Amy ! Is the mall almost totally wrecked now ?

@AmyMiller-tn2op

7 жыл бұрын

Exploring with Rick & Bekah The majority of it has been demolished. I'm not sure of the target date of completion.

@AndrewKratochvil

7 жыл бұрын

Exploring with Rick & Bekah Almost all is demolished except for JCPenny. They're planning on building Mid-City Huntsville at its location, set to be complete in mid-2018.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Sad but at least something going there 👍🏻

Growing up in the 80s and 90s its really sad to see so many malls die.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Yes very sad indeed. Online shopping and such killed it for the most part

You guys were in Victoria's Secret, it was the store that had the furniture and computer stuff for sale inside.

@seymourasses4041

7 жыл бұрын

Rachel smarda why would Victoria's secret sell computer parts and furniture? I thought it was a store that sells clothes and women's drawers

How did yall get in we tried to go and check it out but it was all locked up and that was about 2 weeks ago??

Cool video. I went out there a couple weeks ago and there was one little room left standing in the whole mall... the loading dock at JC Penney. I went in and looked around for a few. It's all gone now. I might have actually been the last person ever inside Madison Square.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Wow cool

14:36 I think that used to be the old Disney store. I just remember wanting W.I.T.C.H merch from there 22:35 I think you went in there with all the spotted wallpaper

Really good video! I enjoyed it and liked the suspense :)

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Janet !

@christophercoleman1895

7 жыл бұрын

dude great stuff but what is up with the alarm somebody break in or star ta riot or what ?

Grew up in Alabama particularly the Limestone/Madison County area, and this mall had a lot of fond memories for me. Last time I went was back in the summer of 2010 before I moved up to New Jersey, and at that time, the Mall itself wasn't doing that well because there was tons of stores that closed which Parkway Place was destroying the competition. It is sad to see that this mall was demolished earlier this year as it was a huge part of my childhood growing up in Huntsville, and I hope whatever they put in the mall's place does well business-wise.

@ExploringwithRickBekah

7 жыл бұрын

Yeh so many memories...