This Mall In Maine Declared ‘The Most Amazing Dead Mall Ever’

A visit to the local mall ain't what it used to be!

A YouTuber who goes by the name of Fleabitten Adventures, posts videos of flea markets, antique stores, and abandoned and historical locations. This channel also likes to explore indoor shopping malls, and one in the State of Maine caught his eye, for a rather interesting reason.

As an exception to the rule, the Maine Mall is absolutely thriving, but in other parts of the state, they are a dying breed.

The Auburn Mall, which opened in 1979, currently has 29 stores, with JCPenney as its anchor store, but like many others, the glory days are long gone.

It was inevitable when the rise of big box stores like Target and Walmart took over the world, leading to the online shopping phenomenon of Amazon all across the world, that the days of the local malls in America were numbered.

I have very fond memories of hanging out at Spaceport, playing video games, hitting the food court, and then just cruising around looking for god knows what. All this got me thinking about some of the legendary stores that ruled during Bangor Mall's heyday.

In this video, Fleabag Adventures takes a stroll around The Auburn Mall, calling it the "most amazing dead mall ever"

Based on some of the comments, people agree:

@jeffreygorey5540

This mall used to be hoppin' back in the day. There was a movie theater down by Super Shoes and the Dream Machine arcade down by JC Penney. Spent hours playing arcade games there, eating a Swiss Pretzel.
Shopping for tapes at Musicland. It had a Gap, an Express, a Pepperidge Farms store, KB Toy Store, Papa Gino's, and others. I remember me and my girlfriend eating at JC Penney's restaurant and then
catching a movie there. Got my prom suit at Porteous. So many good memories in that place.

@25jprophet

Thank you for the incredible video. It was enjoyable to watch this nostalgic tour. I just watched one of our big malls down in Massachusetts have its final days that mall was the Emerald Square, Mall.
It’s sad to see this happening. This was our childhood, but thank you so much for allowing us to Tour everything with you

@ERA_Productions

Awesome Video man! Malls like this one are amazing time capsules, that I really hope can stay around, but judging by how fast malls are going away now, who knows how much longer this will last.
Hopefully it stays around for a while!