Home Sweet Home
Traveling down a back road in West Virginia, I came across a well worn abandoned home…
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Mid-Atlantic
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Mid-Atlantic
Fourco’s Neon Sign in Clarksburg, West Virginia
I’ve always been curious about this cool neon sign on the side of some concrete silos in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Remains of Blue Sulphur Springs
The Blue Sulphur Springs Resort is an all but demolished and forgotten springs resort in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Named…
An Obscured Mountainside School
Obscured by heavy foliage in McDowell County, West Virginia is a long-abandoned vocational and technical school.
McClung’s Mill
The drive along Zenith Road to the unincorporated community of Zenith, West Virginia is a step back into time.
Work Progresses at Sweet Springs
Work is progressing on the stabilization of the shuttered Sweet Springs Resort in eastern West Virginia.
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 1969 Chevy C10
I had expected to come across a waterfall or two along a road that was aptly named Falls Run Road,…
Coming To Wilsontown
People always seem to gravitate toward the latest “Instagram” hotspot in West Virginia, but there is so much to discover—sometimes…
Rainy Day Aerials of an Asylum
A deeply overcast morning provided the perfect setting for aerials of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, later known as the Weston…
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 1963 Chevy Impala
Tucked away inside an abandoned and collapsing funeral home in the coalfields of West Virginia is a beautiful 1963 Chevrolet Impala. Based on the license plate, it has not been registered since 1989.
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.
Winding Gulf Churches
Mining in the Winding Gulf coalfield of West Virginia began in the early 1900s, producing low-volatile smokeless coal, including metallurgical coal suitable for use in steel making. Mining was centered on the thick Beckley seam until it was economically exhausted by the 1950s, and the Pocahontas seam until the late 1980s.
But after the coal seams were exhausted, these coal camps were all but abandoned and today, only a few reminders of this booming era remain.
I was pretty excited to come across two notable churches in the Winding Gulf that are still extant.
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.
The History of Lake Shawnee
The abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in southern West Virginia is probably home to more ghostly tales than any other place in the region—but they are just that, stories told as truths that have at times come at the expense of Native Americans.
New River Gorge’s Industrial Transformation
The arrival of the railroad into the New River Gorge in West Virginia transformed the region into one of the world’s most important coal mining regions.
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.
Totuskey Creek Store
The Totuskey Creek Store is an abandoned mercantile stand along the still waters of Totuskey Creek near Warsaw, Virginia.
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