A visual and historical record of the railroads, mills, asylums, and lost communities that reveal a vanishing chapter of America's past.
West Virginia
A 1918 steam locomotive's journey from West Virginia to restoration.
Ohio
Abandoned trolley cars from a defunct museum.Ohio's finest interurban railway, from 1901 launch to 1938 shutdown.
Ohio
A 1954 railroad branch built to serve Ohio's uranium enrichment plant.
Indiana
Gary's 1910 Union Station, from railway landmark to restoration fight.
Kentucky
Sunoco: from 1886 oil leases to a nationwide fuel legacy.
Weirton's 2024 shutdown was the final blow in a slow 60-year decline: how "mini" mills, legacy costs, and lost marketshare undid American…
Read MoreSherman Cahal is an author, historian, and photographer who has spent more than two decades documenting the overlooked corners of America — railroads, industrial ruins, abandoned institutions, and the small towns left behind. His work pairs archival research with field photography to keep a record of places most people never see.
The Tibbals Flooring Company (and later Armstrong Flooring) is a former parquet and residential hardwood flooring manufacturer in Tennessee.
Read More →The gymnasium at Padua Preparatory School is the last remnant of the Padua Minor Seminary and Preparatory School in New York.
Read More →The State Line Road Bridge carried State Line Road over the Kankakee River at the boundary of Kankakee County, Illinois, and Lake and Newton counties, Indiana.
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