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.
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Explorations
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.
Exploring West Virginia’s Allegheny Plateau
When my friend Ben motioned that he wanted to explore West Virginia and visit some of the places made famous…
Ghost Towns of Braxton County
The mountains and hollers of West Virginia are dotted with the remnants of communities past, reminders of earlier times when…
Sinks Grove
Located in rural Monroe County, West Virginia is Sinks Grove, named for the many sinkholes throughout the area. It could…
Home Sweet Home
Traveling down a back road in West Virginia, I came across a well worn abandoned home…
Inside the Columbia Theatre
Over the last weekend, I visited the historic but closed Columbia Theatre in Paducah, Kentucky with a small group of…
An Obscured Mountainside School
Obscured by heavy foliage in McDowell County, West Virginia is a long-abandoned vocational and technical school.
Exploring the Historic Buckeye Furnace
Charcoal timber, iron ore, and limestone supplied material for numerous furnaces that produced pig iron, munitions, and tools in Kentucky,…
Exploring the Polk Gap Tunnel
The Virginian Railway constructed the 15-mile Glen Rogers Branch in 1922-23 to service the vast underground coal mines operated by…
Roadside West Virginia
For years I have passed by an abandoned roadside curiosity in southern West Virginia. On a Sunday drive through the…
The Algoma Company Store
Located along the back roads in the Pocahontas Coalfield of southwest West Virginia is the long-abandoned Algoma Company Store and…
The Tiny Prosperity School
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, West Virginia had thousands of schools that were gradually closed through consolidations. The isolated Prosperity School atop Great Flat Top Mountain remained open far longer than others.
Exploring the Old Hospital on College Hill
Years ago, when I first started to explore the coalfields of Appalachia, I would venture down the Tolsia and King Coal highways toward Williamson, West Virginia. Atop College Hill was the old Williamson Memorial Hospital, a place that I had long wanted to venture inside of. On April 11, 2021, I finally had my chance.
Derelict Railroad Cars in Kentucky
Many years ago, I hiked out to these derelict cabooses, passenger cars, and miscellaneous cars along the former Louisville & Southern Railway Lexington to Lawrenceburg Division in central Kentucky.
Presidents Park
With the inauguration of United States President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today, I wanted to share a history and gallery of 43 crumbling effigies of the presidents of the United States that stand in a field near Williamsburg, Virginia.
Granny’s House
The aptly nicknamed “Granny’s House” is an abandoned circa 1840 Colonial-style residence filled with furnishings and antiques in Massachusetts.
The Essex County Home and Farm
It’s not common to come across an intact county home and farm, but a well preserved and unique example lies tucked away in a remote corner of New York thanks to a preservation-minded caretaker.
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