These whimsical structures, known as Futuro houses, were designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen. Resembling flying saucers, the pre-fabricated plastic pods were originally built […]
Alabama Ghost Town: Old Cahawba
Cahawba, once the state capital of Alabama (1819-1826) and a thriving antebellum river town, became a ghost town by the early 1900s. After Alabama became […]
Lost America – Gilded Age Saratoga Springs Queen Anne Mansion
Lost America – Stoneleigh was a summer house built by H.S. Leech in Saratoga Springs, New York, around 1886 when the town was a booming […]
Gilded Age Potter Palmer Mansion
So many Gilded Age mansions have gone the way of the wrecking ball. The Potter Palmer Mansion was no exception. Born in 1826 in Albany […]
Lost America – The Old Olney Sanitarium, Illinois
The old Olney Sanitarium was razed in 1957. It was a place of both tragedy and joy for those who were admitted there. Among […]
Abandoned Buildings of Braddock Pennsylvania
Braddock, Pennsylvania, was a big steel town in the late 1800s, early 1900s. The city is also the location of the first of Andrew Carnegie’s […]
5 Lost or Abandoned Churches
Every year, 6,000 to 10,000 churches across America shut their doors. Here are five that were either lost by the wrecking ball or abandoned. […]
Abandoned Grist Mill and Schoolhouse Have Found A New Owner
The abandoned grist mill and schoolhouse on Mill Road, Arcadia, Maine, may soon be getting a second chance at life. The East Arcadia Roller Mill, […]
Abandoned Church – Endangered Mt. Zion/Rodney Baptist Church in MS
Built in 1850, Mt. Zion Church was the second church to be constructed in Rodney, Mississippi, the town now a virtual ghost town. Back in […]
Lost America – Home of Early Detroit Settler
Lost America – Home of Early Detroit Settler This was the birthplace of Charles Moran on Woodbridge Street in Detroit. The Moran family had massive […]