On a rainy, overcast day in Frankfort, Kentucky, I joined Todd Wilson for a tour of historic bridges and tunnels along the Kentucky River valley.
Abandoned Posts
We were in town for work but carved out time one pleasantly cool evening to explore the southern fringes of the Las Vegas Strip on foot.
Bordering the Colorado Air and Space Port lies an abandoned farmstead that drew my attention following a night spent camping at a nearby ranch.
Travelers journeying westward along Colorado’s Eastern Plains once found a captivating stop in Genoa: the World’s Wonder View Tower.
Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis opened in 1974 as a major retail hub but declined over the decades.
Washington Mall in Pennsylvania, once a bustling shopping center, is being redeveloped into a new retail hub featuring Costco.
Nanty Glo, located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, grew from a small lumber camp into one of America’s prominent coal mining communities.
Perched atop Little Flat on Tussey Mountain in Rothrock State Forest, the Little Flat Lookout Tower stood as a sentry in Pennsylvania.
Rote’s Mill in Pennsylvania shows how grist and saw mills supported early American agriculture and adapted over time to serve local communities.
Laurelton State Village was a state institution that provided care, education, and vocational training for people with disabilities.
On an early spring morning in southern Kentucky, I set out to explore the remnants of the Cumberland Railroad.
On a sunny morning, I visited Clifton Forge, Virginia, to explore its railroading heritage and see what remained.
A few months after we explored the former Ferry Cap & Set Screw factory in Cleveland, Ohio, the industrial site met its end.
On a chilly winter afternoon, I explored the remnants of the Whitewater & Cincinnati Canal near Cleves, Ohio, with transportation historian Jeffrey Jakucyk.
Hidden relics of the past are nestled along the winding Twelvepole Creek and Tug Fork in Wayne County, West Virginia.
This mansion, once home to one of the last coal barons, now stands abandoned on a mountaintop in eastern Kentucky.