Inside a Charcoal Blast Furnace: Ironmaking in the 1800s
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.
Dispatches from the road — personal essays, travel stories, and observations from two decades of exploring America's overlooked corners.
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.
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.
The Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenville Railway, incorporated in 1886, once linked Ravenswood and Spencer, West Virginia.
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.
Rock Island’s Tucumcari–Amarillo line once linked the Midwest to the Southwest before its decline and dismantling in 1984.
Drive twenty miles east out of Tucumcari on old Route 66 and you’ll land in San Jon, New Mexico, a near-forgotten village.
Explore the historic town of Tucumcari, New Mexico, along the legendary U.S. Route 66.
Two Guns, Arizona, is a ghost town on Route 66 overlooking Canyon Diablo. Once a thriving tourist stop with a zoo, trading post, and…