In eastern Ohio, the story of one railroad mirrored the rise and decline of regional heavy industry. The Lake Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio once carried the materials that built the region’s economy.
Category: Midwest
A road trip through Michigan nearly a decade ago centered on its Lake Huron lighthouses, but the journey extended beyond…
About a decade ago, while traveling north along US 23 toward Cheboygan, I came across these cottages.
Driving west along Interstate 74 at sunrise, I caught sight of the trees that once framed Fairland Recreation Park.
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.
Once a booming lead and zinc mining town, Picher, Oklahoma, is now known as one of America’s most toxic ghost towns.
Near Miami, Oklahoma, a nine-foot stretch of pavement survives as the only remaining section of old U.S. Route 66.
Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis opened in 1974 as a major retail hub but declined over the decades.
A few months after we explored the former Ferry Cap & Set Screw factory in Cleveland, Ohio, the industrial site met its end.
On a crisp autumn afternoon, I traveled to Jackson County, Indiana, to enjoy the beauty of the season and visit a historic fire lookout tower.
The air was crisp, if not a little damp, on this spectacular autumn morning at the Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower in Indiana.
Some time ago, my partner introduced me to one of the most intriguing parks in Indianapolis: The Ruins at Holliday Park.
While this site covers mostly abandoned places, I do like to cover sites that have been preserved, such as the McCormick’s Creek Fire Tower.
Demolition work has begun on the abandoned Ferry Cap & Set Screw Company factory in Cleveland, Ohio.
It has been 38 years since a train last rumbled through southeast Ohio’s Campbell and Eagle tunnels. Located near Ohio Route 32, one tunnel is accessible on foot while the other is sealed with concrete blocks.
The Shawnee Lookout Tower is a historic but endangered fire detection tower in Hocking County, Ohio.
The Rubber Bowl, located in Akron, Ohio, was a historic stadium that was a unique place in the city’s history.