While traveling late at night to a campsite in rural northern West Virginia, I did a double-take when I passed what looked like an abandoned general store and hotel.
Category: Appalachia
The abandoned Adena Branch of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway follows a former coal-hauling route through the hills of eastern Ohio.
Explore the history of the Wheeling, West Virginia, iron and steel district, from its early nail mills to its long decline.
In 2016, I spent a day tracing the remnants of the former Wheeling Terminal Railway across the hills surrounding downtown Wheeling, West Virginia.
On a snow-covered winter afternoon in Washington County, Pennsylvania, I followed rural backroads to document a handful of historic landmarks.
A 19th-century pig iron blast furnace was more than a single stack: it was a carefully engineered industrial system built into the landscape itself.
Travel into the snowy hills of northern West Virginia to document early three charcoal iron furnaces.
The Mead Paper Company’s Chillicothe Works was one of Ohio’s largest paper mills, symbolizing over a century of industrial progress in Ohio.
The Barnes House, once a prominent residence in the Scioto River Valley, now stands in a state of severe neglect.
The Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenville Railway, incorporated in 1886, once linked Ravenswood and Spencer, West Virginia.
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.