Over the past 50 years, America's once grand train stations have fallen into disrepair and degradation.

That's not to say there still aren't some fine examples of transit center architecture in the country. Like New York City's Penn Station... oh, wait, nevermind.

But let's talk about the nasty buildings that stand as alleged places to wait for a train. CityLab has compiled a photo gallery of the country's worst - WORST - stations. I was pleased to see Spokane's station didn't make the list. I guess I'm used to seeing Spokane nailed as a pocket of backwoodsness, but really the Spokane Intermodal Center is a nice little building. So it shouldn't be on the list. And it's not. So good.

As CityLab says:

Train stations in America span all the styles of architecture this nation has to offer. There’s the the gorgeous Italianate train station in Jackson, Michigan. TheAmtrak station in Raton, New Mexico, is a beautiful example of Mission Revival. Even the humble lil’ train station in Mineola, Texas, has got some flair. Whatever you might think about Orlando’s train station, it no doubt looks historic.

The stations I want to talk about are not those train stations. These are not the Art Deco transit hubs that look like vintage monuments to the future, or the Spanish Colonial stations that summon visions of desperados waiting for a train. These are the other train stations—the ones that make you wish you’d left the house a little later so you’d have to spend that much less time waiting at the station.

There's this:

And this, from Elyria, Ohio:

Wow.