Nevada politics, history, and fabulous recipes combine for an entertaining, informative memoir by renowned Chef Charlie Abowd. This “James Beard Award” winning chef has spent his life immersed in his...
New York is famous for a lot of things, including its institutions and asylums. Some of the first and oldest institutions in America were built in New York. Travel back...
Explore Lake Tahoe's geological history, revealing tectonic, glacial, and volcanic forces that shaped its stunning landscape. Unlock the secrets of Lake Tahoe's fascinating geological history in this immersive exploration. From...
In abandoned and forlorn places, there are clues to our past. Beaver County was once home to enormous industrial plants, deep coal and clay mines, productive farms, and many more...
Five-hundred-year-old buildings are easy to find across the Atlantic, yet here in America, “we tear down our Colosseums” and replace them with boring structures made of cheap brick and concrete....
A chronicle of Aroostook County’s Cold War military buildup, its peak, and the decline that followed. The end of World War II set the stage for an accumulation of arms...
"Visionary," "Man of God," "Cult Leader," "Fugitive," "Inmate," "Patriot." John R. Harrell of Louisville, IL, far better known as “Johnny Bob," was—rightfully or not—called all those things during his long,...
The Art of Abandonment: Railroad Abandonments in the Pacific Northwest illustrates how economic challenges have worked to dramatically alter the Northwest’s railroad network. Hundreds of miles of track across the...
When the state of Ohio is brought up in conversation of railroad enthusiasts, the immediate connection made is that of Ohio’s railroad hotspots. Little towns across the state happen to...
Shaconage, meaning "land of blue smoke" in Cherokee, is a fitting name for the Great Smoky Mountains, among the oldest mountains in the world. Straddling the North Carolina-Tennessee border, this...
Scattered throughout New Jersey are remnants of history that are being reclaimed by nature or destroyed by vandals. Author and photographer, Kathleen Butler, takes the reader on a journey back...
The Christmas Tree Shops was an icon of New England, with stores that offered a diverse assortment of merchandise from seasonal decorations, home decor, housewares, food and giftware, and just...
The name Mattapan originated with the Neponset Tribe of the Massachusett Indians, a tribe of the Massachusetts confederation of Native Americans. For well over 200 years, the area remained farms...
The Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston has long been a thriving nexus of cultures, with residents of all walks of life, including numerous workers in the medical field, making it...
Many of Philadelphia’s oldest graveyards have been lost to time in the name of progress and expansion. The cityscape changes, the remains of the dead are moved (or not) to...
From 1973 through 1982, Pitt had one of the nation’s most successful football programs, including a national championship in 1976. From 1976 through 1982, no team in college football won...
The Chili Line was the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad’s narrow gauge route from Antonito, Colorado, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It operated along its 125-mile route from 1880 to...
San Francisco Through Time depicts the evolution of a cosmopolitan city that began as the settlement of Yerba Buena (Spanish for good herb), and was renamed San Francisco (Spanish for...
The question posed at the beginning of this narrative asked why a botanical garden for Norfolk and the answer, to be certain, is the story told in the book itself....
Since its inception, Philadelphia has created spaces for its dead. Some still exist, but many are gone or have been neglected and teeter on the edge of oblivion. Between 1850...
The Wisconsin Central (WC) was a dynamic regional railroad that served the upper Midwest from 1987–2001. Despite lasting just short of fourteen years, WC packed a lot of changes and...
Through artistic documentary photography, Paul Meacham unveils the hidden history of Georgia’s coast, from the terrible legacy of slavery, disease, and warfare, through millionaires, lumber booms, and the automobile era....
Scattered throughout Eastern Pennsylvania are remnants of history being reclaimed by nature. Join author and photographer Kathleen Butler on a journey to discover the little-known history of ruins deep in...
Philadelphia’s Suburban Red Arrow Trolley Heritage is a photographic essay of suburban Philadelphia’s Red Arrow system and operation by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). By 1899, the Philadelphia &...
Abandoned Gary, Indiana takes you on a photographic journey into the beautifully abandoned structures of a once-thriving Rust Belt city. Author and photographer Miki Lansdowne captures the timeless essence of...
It was a sailor's dream: more than 100 bars, casinos and whorehouses, just a short boat ride across the Napa River that separated the sprawling Mare Island Naval Shipyard from...
The Tenderloin District of San Francisco Through Time is a brief history of a neighborhood known to early San Franciscans as St. Ann’s Valley. The story of this once-placid piece...
The Norfolk Southern Railway, formed by the merger of the Norfolk & Western and Southern Railways in 1982, has been known since its inception for the black and white/monochrome livery...
Bodie, California’s iconic ghost town, preserves hauntingly authentic remnants of frontier life in timeless decay. In the remote reaches of California’s High Sierras lie the substantial remains of an outpost...
One of the oldest cities west of the Appalachian Mountain Range, Louisville, Kentucky, was founded in 1778 by George Rodgers Clark, who named the city after King Louis XVI. Louisville...
Memphis is more than just the Home of the Blues. It’s one of the most important cities in American history. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, from...
Nostalgia creeps in and captures our souls. Whether triggered by a specific scent when wind blows the aroma of sweet grass your way or the burnt orange and sienna shades...
As a kid growing up in small town Iowa, author and photographer Stephanie Bishop visited her grandparents three hours away, in even smaller town in Iowa. Every trip, her dad...
Join us as we embark on an exploration of humanity's remnants, from time capsules that appear untouched for decades to abandoned places that have simply been forgotten. We'll look at...
Northern Colorado is a unique area of the state, encompassing both the massive Rocky Mountains and the arid Great Plains regions. With its diverse landscapes and resources, Northern Colorado has...
Grab your imagination, and let’s go for a ride along the roads of scenic Connecticut. We will see rolling valleys, rocky cliffs, lush deciduous forests, marshes, old castles, ruins, art,...
