Exploring the Forgotten Adena Branch
The abandoned Adena Branch of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway follows a former coal-hauling route through the hills of eastern Ohio.
Dispatches from the road — personal essays, travel stories, and observations from two decades of exploring America's overlooked corners.
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 eastern Ohio, the story of one railroad mirrored the rise and decline of regional heavy industry. The Lake Branch of the Baltimore &…
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.