
Revisiting Two Eastern Kentucky Branch Lines
I visited two former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad branch lines in eastern Kentucky that have been transformed into rail trails on a pleasant spring afternoon.
I visited two former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad branch lines in eastern Kentucky that have been transformed into rail trails on a pleasant spring afternoon.
In the isolated hills of West Virginia stands the forgotten and dilapidated Dusk Camp Methodist Church.
The good old days of the community general store.
The warm spring weather of April 2022 was perfect for a hike along the former South Side Branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
On a cold and rainy day, we encountered a charming house nestled along the Dry Fork of the Cheat River in West Virginia.
Many of the abandoned “beehive” coke ovens of the Davis Coal & Coke Company are still visible today in the company town of Coketon, West Virginia.
Last month, it was announced that the shuttered Merchants Ice and Cold Storage tower in Louisville, Kentucky, would be redeveloped.
I stumbled upon a circa 1970-71 Chevrolet Corvette Stringray, abandoned on the side of a road in Kentucky.
Let’s look into two of the Louisville Southern Railroad’s most significant bridges in Kentucky.
Sherman Cahal and Adam Paris, authors of the newly released book Abandoned Kentucky, recently visited the former Old Taylor Distillery…
Work progresses on the massive Grand Patrician Resort & Country Club development in Milton, West Virginia. The complex was once the Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children that was built in phases from 1936 to 1941 by the Works Progress Administration for children stricken with polio.
Earlier in the year, I had the chance to revisit the Lonaconing Silk Mill, one of the last intact silk…
If you are traveling along the West Virginia Turnpike, you may have noticed the portals to Memorial Tunnel.
The New Salem Baptist Church is the only remnant remaining in the ghost town of Tams, West Virginia.
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.
Sometimes I come across these roadside churches and wonder where people parked or if most of the congregation simply walked…
Tucked away on a side road in this small Appalachian community is a gem in the rough. Constructed around the…
When my friend Ben motioned that he wanted to explore West Virginia and visit some of the places made famous…
The mountains and hollers of West Virginia are dotted with the remnants of communities past, reminders of earlier times when…
The Irish Corner district of Greenbrier County, West Virginia is dominated by large family farms, the remains of early mills…
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