I did wander into an old train station once, the tracks rusted, the platform empty, and in the corner a broken PA system that kept looping a one‑line joke about a lost ticket. It was ridiculous, and it made me smile in that silence, like the place was laughing with me. The weirdest spot for me was a derelict greenhouse, the vines gone, but a single hummingbird feeder still fed a plastic bird that chirped the same punchline every time. It’s odd how a glitch can feel like a quiet joke from the past.