ESP8266 Thing analogPin/analogRead

Indeed input to the ADC and the other to GND. If we you have max 25V make a voltage divider: take 2 resistors serial: 1K (connect to GND, ADC and resistor 2), the other resistor2 :24K connected the 1K, ADC and the power source (25V). That way the maximum voltage is 1V to the ADC.