Along the Louisville Southern Railroad
Let’s look into two of the Louisville Southern Railroad’s most significant bridges in Kentucky.
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Explorations
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Explorations
Revisiting Old Taylor Distillery
Sherman Cahal and Adam Paris, authors of the newly released book Abandoned Kentucky, recently visited the former Old Taylor Distillery…
Roaming West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley
A late autumn trip to West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley isn’t complete without a visit to a few abandoned or forgotten…
The Yeager Estate
The Yeager Estate is one of those gems that you wish to see restored. Built by Yeager Benjamin in 1936,…
Exploring the South Fork Region
Autumn arrived in a hurry along the South Fork South Branch Potomac River valley in the Potomac Highlands region of…
Traversing the Potomac Highlands
There was no better way than spending autumn driving the backroads and camping in the Potomac Highlands region of West…
Westmoreland Glass
Step inside Westmoreland Glass, an abandoned glass manufacturer in Jeanette, Pennsylvania.
The Upper Canada Ferry Boat
Laying waste along in northern Ohio is Upper Canada, an automobile and passenger ferry
Eagle Rock Lime Kilns
The abandoned lime kilns at Eagle Rock, Virginia are all that remain of an operation that was operated by a series of entities between 1878 and 1954.
Revisiting the Lonaconing Silk Mill
Earlier in the year, I had the chance to revisit the Lonaconing Silk Mill, one of the last intact silk…
Chinn’s Mine
Located along the Kentucky River Palisades is a unique but abandoned fluorspar mine turned speakeasy.
Exploring Briceville
It might look peaceful today, but Briceville, Tennessee was central to the Coal Mine Wars of 1891-92.
About Those Abandoned Ferris Wheels (and Titan Rocket) in Tennessee
Like a beacon along Interstate 75 in Campbell County, Tennessee, two rusty Ferris wheels and a mock Titan rocket still command attention from passing motorists.
Forest Fair Mall’s Days are Numbered
Forest Fair Mall/Cincinnati Mills/Cincinnati Mall’s days are numbered under a new plan to tear down the mall for redevelopment.
Exploring the Lone Remnant of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway’s Levisa Subdivision
An abandoned railroad bridge over the Levisa Fork in Pike County, Kentucky seemed a little out of place.
Exploring Red Ash
Red Ash is one of my coal camps along or near the New River in West Virginia and is best known today for its intact coke ovens and cemetery.
Exploring Along the Long Fork Subdivision
Snaking through the southern reaches of Floyd County, Kentucky is the remains of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Long Fork Subdivision that connected to some of the most prosperous coal mines in the state.
Tiny Roadside Churches
Sometimes I come across these roadside churches and wonder where people parked or if most of the congregation simply walked…
Wilson Homestead
Tucked away on a side road in this small Appalachian community is a gem in the rough. Constructed around the…
Smokeless Powder Production at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
This guide explains how nitrocellulose (smokeless powder) and black powder was produced at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant in Charlestown, Indiana.
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