in your backyard would be a far cooler feature than lawn gnomes or pink flamingos. While tromping around the overgrown grounds, we were discussing other great uses for the property, like a great outdoor music venue location.

My friend was the perfect tour guide. He used to come here back in high school, along with many of his friends, back when the fort was really forgotten. They had paintball matches here, which seems like an ideal location for such activities, and just generally hung out underneath the brawny yet ethereal stone archways. Countless area kids (and adults like myself) would also hangout there, as evident by the plethora of graffiti and Natural Ice cans left behind. Modern day relics. Walking around, he knew many of the names spray paintedImage copyright AFP

Violent crime in the US increased last year, according to the FBI, with murders, rapes and assaults all edging up after falling for decades.

There were 1,197,704 violent crimes in 2015, an increase of 3.9% compared to the previous year, said the US law enforcement agency's annual report.

The 2015 violent crime rate was 372.6 incidents per 100,000 people, compared with 361.6 the year before.

But crime levels are still far below their peak during the 1990s.

In 2015, there were an estimated 15,696 murders in the US, compared with 14,164 the year before.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A policeman on patrol in New York City this month

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter had increased 10.8%, according to the report, with guns used in two-thirds of those cases.

The increase in crime