2014-03-17 09:00
My journey next took me into Dillon SC (population 6,669) which sits just south of the South Carolina / North Carolina state line. I first came to the Palmer Motel which is still in operatio… Read More
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2014-03-14 09:00
My next discovery was probably the most haunting of the day. I almost missed this one as I drove by, but I turned around and went back. Fenced off and almost hidden by vines and weeds were t… Read More
2014-03-12 09:00
The Imperial Motel's sign stood tall as a testament to the old lady's grand days. The motel (or what was the motel) was laid out in a semi circle and was landscaped in lush palmettos and pal… Read More
2014-03-10 09:00
I found the Featherbed Motel in Turbeville, SC. Now if you are not familiar with Turbeville (population 820), its most notable business may be its downtown local eatery the "Chat 'n Chew". I… Read More
2014-03-07 10:00
In Olanta, SC (population 567) I did not find a motel, but I did find an abandoned filling station that I am sure serviced many a snow bird an their way to or from the warmer weather of Flor… Read More
2014-03-05 10:00
Bamberg is one of the little towns that dot Highway 301 that in its hey day was the North South corridor for the snow birds going back and forth to Florida. And, down here we were more than… Read More
2014-03-03 10:30
A pile of wheels among the rocks. This photo was taken in Jerome, Arizona Read More
2013-11-13 10:00
These used to dot the road ways. "See Rock City" painted on the roofs and sides of barns.First painted in 1935, there were as many as 900. Rock City was an attraction in Chattanooga, TN and… Read More
2013-11-12 09:30
Examples of doors on abandoned houses in rural South Carolina. The tenants are long since gone Read More
2013-11-11 11:00
Located in the middle of a field in Newberry, South Carolina, this truck was abandoned - just stripped of all its chrome and left to the elements Read More
2013-11-09 10:30
A trailer having seen its better days. An addition to the side makes one think it was more permanent than the concrete blocks would otherwise indicate. This is located on Edisto Island on St… Read More
2013-11-08 10:30
Old red barn still standing and doing its part on the farm Read More
2013-11-07 10:00
An old wooden store in down town Society Hill, South Carolina. Boarded up now, it still has the Penz Oil sign on the door. The lovely weathered wood has stood the time Read More
2013-11-06 10:00
A blue house, almost lost in the brush in Fort Motte, South Carolina, a ghost town now, having two claims to fame: one being briefly considered for the capitol of the state of South Carolina… Read More
2013-11-05 22:35
An old Studebaker truck put to rest in Jerome AZ. I never even knew one existed until I chanced upon this one Read More
2013-07-11 10:30
Here is a gate, now almost hidden underneath the oak trees with Spanish moss. The small old columns that now lean once proudly stood showing the entrance to a drive Read More
2013-07-09 18:21
There is something sad about old school buses put out to pasture - as if they did something wrong Read More
2013-07-07 09:00
The Great Smokey Mountain Railroad pulls out of Bryson City, North Carolina daily for a round trip run to the Nantahala Outdoor Centere and back through the Nantahala gorge and past hills an… Read More
2013-07-04 09:00
The American Flag flying high in the Original Mast General Store in Valle Crucis, North Carolina (Quality Goods, Fair Prices and Old Fashioned Friendly Service since 1883). Read More
2013-07-02 09:00
A collection of old wooden doors, all closed - most for the last time Read More
2013-06-30 09:00
I always think of Ron's car in Harry Potter when I see this 'gem", mounted for posterity. Read More
2013-06-25 08:00
The Beaufort National Cemetery is a hauntingly beautiful and reverent place under large old live oaks draped in Spanish moss surrounded by old brick walls. It was officially built… Read More
2013-06-23 08:30
Sometimes you have to go large, as in Meadow Brook Hall, the estate of Matilda Dodge Wilson (as in Chrysler Dodge) in Rochester. Michigan. The 110 room Tudor-Revival Mansion built between 19… Read More
2013-06-20 08:00
And, then there is Atalaya, the winter home of Archer M. Huntington and his wife, Anna Hyatt Huntington in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Sometimes referred to as "Atalaya Castle" because M… Read More
2013-06-18 07:30
Generations of families off the sea islands of South Carolina have made a living off the sea. Shrimping, in particular, have been popular (and sometimes prosperous) vocations. This old… Read More
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