Tag: Abandoned Homestead

More Relics in Rural America – Part 5

This is a continuation of photography of old, abandoned homes or other structures that I’ve found, while traveling in middle America.

Stone House in Tall Grass

It is unusual for me to come across such finds as this late in the day with the sun low in the sky or with such great clouds in the sky from a clearing rain storm. I had to walk through tall grass to get near enough to shoot this old homestead in Middle America.

Tiny House in Tall Grass

This tiny house (or storage building?) is behind the bigger house (first image).

Maybe a Bath House?

Walking around to the back side of the tiny house, I found this pile of rocks from the collapsed structure, an old cast iron bathtub and other debris.

A Prince Came Calling

The title for this image is inspired by the small object I spotted in the upper left corner of the door frame. I know that object might be too small in this image for a viewer to identify, but it is an old Prince Albert tobacco tin. Prince Albert tobacco is still produced and it was very common and popular, when I was a kid growing up. Empty, discarded tins like this were common litter items back then.

Abandoned Prairie House and Windmill

There are two abandoned houses at this homestead, the one in the first image and the one in the image above.

 

Abandoned House, Windmill and Bathtub

Shooting the windmill from another direction, shows the first house and the tiny house in the background.

Like a Jigsaw Puzzle Scene
The Backside of House 2
One Side of House 2

 

Past and Future

There are modern electric power generating windmills on the far horizon in this image, indicating the continuity of wind energy in Middle America from the past into the future.

Open and Shuttered

Thanks for following,

Ken

 

Indiana Fall 2022 – Old and/Or Abandoned

With only one day left of our fall 2022 Indiana visit, I traveled the backroads from our cabin one last time.  Many trees were already bare, peak color was nearly all gone, it was overcast and threatening rain, so I hoped to find interesting barns, old homes or other interesting rural scenes to photograph.

Exfoliating Barn
Nobody’s Home
Fall Fade
Indiana Barn and Post Harvest Field
Past Peak
RV Barn
Why am I Forsaken
Old Homestead
More than leaves are falling here

Those three trees out front were probably planted with the anticipation of sitting on the porch in their shade some years down the road.  The child’s bike beside the house makes me think that a family lived here or maybe a child visited grandparents here.

Indiana Barn
Leaning Gate Barn

I saw numerous other interesting rural scenes similar to these, but either there was no place to pull off of the roadway to photograph those or those were set back too far on private property to approach without permission.

This is the final post for Indiana Fall 2022.

Thanks for following,

Ken

Indiana, Fall 2022, Part 5 – Rustic Barn and Abandoned Home

Faded Red Barn

I first saw this old barn and a nearby abandoned house, while in route to another destination.  I came back a few days later to photograph these old, rustic buildings.

Quaint, Old, Abandoned Indiana Farm House

The image above was selected for Flickr’s Explore Page.

Abandoned Home and Barn 1
Quaint and Old
Abandoned Home and Barn 2
Rusty Fall

More fall in Indian 2022 later,

Ken

 

Road Trip Photography Between Destinations – Part 5, September 2022 – House of Eight Gables

This is a continuation of September 2022 road trip photography.

House of Eight Gables 1

This old, abandoned block facade house, sitting in a wide open area along a gravel roadway was visible for some distance from the highway I was traveling on in Kansas.  It is impressive enough to justify a detour to check it out.

Through A Window
Interlocked
House of Eight Gables 2
Corner Collapse
House of Eight Gables 3
Stairwell

Until the next adventure,

Ken

Road Trip Photography Between Destinations – September 2022, Part 4 – Rural Abandonment

This is a continuation of road trip photography of September, 2022.

No More Loads
Pastured
Abandoned Farm House, Kansas
Roofless
Window Sitting
In the Hay

To be continued,

Ken

Road Trip Photography Between Destinations – September 2022, Part 3 – Abandoned Farm Homes

This is a continuation of road trip photography of September 2022.

Prairie Home, Nebraska High Plains
The Gate
Homeward Lean
Still Spins

After shooting and driving away from this abandoned Nebraska home, I realized that I should have used a slow shutter speed to capture the motion of the windmill.  The windmill still spins, but the pump is disconnected.

Old Prairie Home
Stormy Horizon
Duplex Model 55

This is apparently a popular pump gear box that is or was used with windmills.  In researching this item, I found online listing for parts for this model gear box.

Listing Porch Roof
No Panes
Distraught Tree

The evergreen tree on the left seems to be distraught about the dilapidated condition of this abandoned farm house.  Maybe children once played around that tree.  This image was chosen for Flickr’s Explore Page.

Hanging On

Even more road trip images in the next post,

Ken