Jumping Branch, West Virginia, is one of those communities that most would pass on by quickly as they either head toward Beckley or Hinton.
Category: History
Fire lookout towers provided housing and protection for individuals whose duty was to search for wildfires. I recently paid a visit to two of these lookouts in West Virginia: the Mikes Knob Tower and the Red Oak Tower.
Located within Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania, the remains of the Pine Grove Iron Works can be found along Mountain Creek.
If you have ever driven down Interstate 68 in western Maryland, you have likely seen the unfinished Noah’s Ark.
have long wanted to explore the northern reaches of New Jersey to capture some of its historical sites, particularly its iron furnaces.
The Shawnee Lookout Tower is a historic but endangered fire detection tower in Hocking County, Ohio.
On March 28 of this year, a fire destroyed the former Pentecostal Determine Church of God in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Aetnaville Bridge, an abandoned yet emblematic structure that connects the former village of Aetnaville in Bridgeport, Ohio, with Wheeling Island in Wheeling, West Virginia, is scheduled for demolition.
During a pleasant evening in Cleveland, Ohio, I set out on a mission to photograph the various bridges spanning the Cuyahoga River.
With the end of hunting season and the fall of the leaves, I embarked on a journey through state forests and wildlife management areas near my home to uncover the remnants of old pig iron furnaces.
The Big Sandy River, bordering Kentucky and West Virginia, was once a bustling waterway with locks and dams to facilitate commerce. Its significance waned with the advent of railroads leading to the abandonment of most locks by 1947.
On a brisk, gray day, I set out to traverse the less-traveled paths of north-central West Virginia, a journey through time and history.
In early 2023, I ventured into the heart of West Virginia’s north-central region to capture the remnants of its once-thriving railroad industry.
The Covington Waterworks Bridge over the Licking River between Covington and Wilder, Kentucky has a peculiar backstory.
The Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad’s Rowland Branch stands as a testament to an era when railroads were the heartbeats of American towns. Stretching across 33 miles, this line linked Stanford on the L&N’s Lebanon Branch to Richmond, passing through Lancaster.
In September, a journey into the heart of northern West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania revealed the remnants of four pivotal iron furnaces, each bearing testimony to a bygone industrial era.