The school where music icon was Michael Jackson 's talents were sculpted now sits abandoned, showing no signs that one of the world's most famous people grew up inside.
The pop great studied and performed in public for the first time at Garnett Elementary School, just a short walk from the home where the Jackson 5 lived in Gary, Indiana.
Videographer Robb Atch, 40, explored the building where it is believed Michael, then aged six, took to the stage for the very first time.
He is known to have belted out Climb Every Mountain from the Sound of Music musical in 1963 - and he quickly caught the bug of singing in front of people.
But after closing at some point in the 2000s, the building has been vandalised and left to rot.
Robb accessed the school through an open door and was surprised to find how much remained inside.
He said: "Once inside we found everything you would find in any school, just left behind to be damaged, stolen or rot.
"It felt OK while inside, not scary or creepy. It could be because I was with a few other people or that I have been in so many schools similar to this across America, but it was just a really good exploration
"My favourite part was that there was so much left behind for me to look at and film.
"It's a double edge sword because I hate that it left behind to rot and go to waste, but it is really interesting to see it all creepily left standing still."
In the video, Rob explores the gym, still complete with basketball hoops but with graffiti covering almost every wall.
He also looks around classrooms and even came across a stray dog living among the rubble.
Other rooms are still filled with textbooks, blackboards and toys, and Robb even spotted a noticeboard describing what was in the news when the school was last used.
The video, posted on Robb's channel RnK All Day, has over 30,000 views and many commented to say how much they loved seeing inside.
One said: "I’m amazed there’s that much stuff left behind. Thanks for the cool explore."
Another added: "Great job! Loved the history. Keep up the good work!"
Someone else said: "Try to imagine a 5 or 6 year old Michael walking through this school.
"Walking in, eating in the cafeteria, going to the music room, ect. It looks all decrepit to us, but it was probably a neat place for him over 50 years ago."
The comments kept coming, another wrote: "It's really sad seeing Michael Jackson school all trashed and vandalized i hope they find that poor dog a good home."
A fifth joked: "This is the school where the Jackson 5 had learned that their A, B, C’s where actually as easy as 1, 2, 3!"
Meanwhile, critics have slammed the new Broadway musical documenting the rehearsals before Michael Jackson's 1992 Dangerous Tour.
They say the production - set a year before the first child abuse allegation against him - skirts the allegations.
MJ debuted on Broadway last week and Michael's children Paris, 23, and Prince, 24, were there to see it.
But many reviews picked up on the lack of reference to the claims.
