Northern Virginia's forlorn footprints are close to the din of our nation’s capital, yet some still cling to their old Southern roots, especially those from areas steeped with Civil War...
Streetcars were both early and late arrivals in North Portland. The first electric streetcars in the state of Oregon began rolling across the original Steel Bridge into the city of...
Eisenhower Park is one of Long Island’s most beloved and well-known attractions. Larger than New York City’s Central Park, the park is located on what was once the flat, wide...
Come on a journey with Abandoned Kansas to learn about some of the fundamental buildings left forgotten in the Sunflower State’s capital city. From Sumner Elementary School—the center of the...
In 1832, the captain of the brigantine Catalina ordered Scotsman James Black, dying of typhus, abandoned at Monterey, California. Nursed by J. B. R. Cooper's wife, Black survived to hunt...
Like many other areas of the American Midwest, Northeast Ohio is currently experiencing a serious revitalization effort. But this comes after decades of declining population and business closures. Revitalization is...
Of the fifty states, Oregon is unique for many reasons. It has been proven that money does grow on trees in Oregon, and the only Bigfoot trap in the world...
How could a circle of women without power, money, or political position become one with the tapestry of a city? This is the question arising from the story of the...
Kansas City is an ever-growing metropolis. Every day the city’s expansion reaches out just a little bit farther. Along with this expansion comes more infrastructure and the need for space....
The story of women throughout New Hampshire history from all walks of life is here told from the perspective of the historic burial grounds and cemeteries located across the state....
They rise, limbs interlocked like a mighty phalanx engaged in a slow northward march along Florida’s coast. Collectively, they are battered and diminished after a century-long struggle. Yet, dutiful and...
Consider these improbable vistas found along the shores of Tampa Bay—an abandoned island fortress stands guard over a federally-designated bird sanctuary. The remains of a ruined cross-bay bridge are repurposed...
Abandoned Virginia: Forgotten in Time covers abandoned and decaying churches, schools, farmhouses, and more. Explore houses that appear suddenly abandoned, schools forced to shut their doors due to declining enrollment,...
Abandoned Ohio: But That Day Did End is a story about two journeys: one through time and history in the state of Ohio, and the other through the psyche and...
Have you ever peered through a crack in a shuttered window or door and wondered what is hidden from view and what happened to this place? Take a journey through...
It was as if the word GOLD echoed around the world as people came to the Pacific Northwest in droves in search of sudden wealth in the 1850s. Thousands of...
Abandoned Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: California Revealed is an unforgettable nocturnal journey through secret locations hidden in the deserts of California. California has more than its share of abandoned planes,...
North to West: The Best of Modern Chicagoland Rail showcases North and West Chicago’s suburbs’ best locations, trains, and photographs from the modern 2010s-2020s era. These suburbs of the United...
No East Coast summer resort has as intriguing a beginning as that of Martha’s Vineyard. Before it became a tourist mecca, it already had thousands of summer visitors, but visitors...
Kenmore Square and The Fenway of Boston Through Time chronicles the history and development of an area of the city of Boston that only began in the early nineteenth century....
H. Leslie Moody and Frances Johnson Moody never owned the company outright, but their dreams shaped North Carolina’s Hyalyn Porcelain, Inc. and drove it forward to the satisfaction of an...
Nevada is one of several states that make up the Wild West in the United States. Nevada became a territory in 1848; due to a lack of inhabitants, it was...
Forgotten Colorado: Southern Region brings to light one of the first areas in the state to be settled. Once home to a thriving coal and steel industry, Southern Colorado has...
CSX Transportation Railroad Heritage is a photographic essay of this major railroad that was formed in 1980 by a merger of the Seaboard Coast Line with the Chessie System, providing...
Throughout its rich and storied history, California has seen the rise and fall of countless individuals, industries, and empires. Men have dug deep into her rich soil in search of...
At the turn of the twentieth century, it was a belief that fresh air, rest and a nutritional diet was the best way to treat tuberculosis patients. Dr. J. W....
If there’s one county in the United States that deserves its own cemetery book, it’s New York's Queens County. With millions of burials in a stunning array of cemeteries of...
Abandoned Vermont: Down Forgotten Backroads brings readers on a journey down roads throughout Vermont where once loved homes and flourishing farms and businesses now sit empty, forgotten and untouched as...
Southern Virginia’s heritage is rife with stories of the past and the buildings to go with them. Take a step back in time, into the Deep South, and learn about...
Abandoned Delmarva: The Forgotten Places of the Delmarva Peninsula travels to all corners of the Delmarva, touring the forgotten places of the past that hide behind our modern world—from large...
Chicago is known the world over for its architecture and theater, as well as a myriad of other tourist sights. Visitors, however, usually only see the “nice” parts of the...
The story of electric rail transportation in Schenectady mirrors the development of urban transportation throughout America in many ways, but it also has its own peculiar local characteristics. Most notably,...
Southern California can be called a sunny place for shady people. Its criminal history is as rich and varied as anywhere. Old West outlaws, serial killers, gangsters and thieves have...
Native Americans, Wampanoags, inhabited vast acreage abutting the Taunton River and its tributaries in Southeastern Massachusetts prior to the arrival of European settlers in the early 1600s. In 1672, the...
Country Store to Corner Market: New York offers an engaging and enlightening look at country stores from early dry goods and general stores to mom-and-pop markets. The book traces the...
South Florida is known for its beaches, nightclubs, and party atmosphere, but underneath is a history of corruption, drugs, and violence. For those structures that have withstood the harsh perils...
