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...
Two young brothers chronicle their 1852 wagon train journey to California, capturing hardships, discoveries, and enduring legacies. In Journal Across the Plains, 1852: The Brothers Verdenal, Missouri to California, pre-teen...
Have you ever come across an abandoned house with broken windows and creeping vines as you drove through town? Or an abandoned gas station with rusty pumps out front that...
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...
From the early colonial seacoast to the White Mountains, to the Great North Woods, New Hampshire burial grounds vary from urban park-like cemeteries to simple family plots.One might find a...
Have you ever seen a cemetery that made you want to pull your car over and explore? Do you get a thrill exploring an old cemetery? Let licensed funeral director,...
This book examines the fashion by which the Great Northern Railway used the image of the plains-dwelling Blackfeet Native Americans to sell the romantic as well as western image of...
Crown Hill Cemetery is known as “The City on a Hill.” Situated on the highest point above Indianapolis, Indiana, this jewel of a rural cemetery is the final resting place...
Beautiful San Francisco Bay is among the world’s finest natural harbors and a tourist mecca, but more attention is paid to the cities on its perimeter than to the scenic...
Nestled along the scenic Comal River, New Braunfels, Texas, is a town rich in history and charm. Known for its historic sites, it is home to the oldest bakery in...
Even before Maine achieved statehood, strategists became profoundly aware of the area’s lack of formidable defenses following the war of 1812, and it was during this period when congress approved...
Explore Idaho’s forgotten past through stunning photographs of ghost towns, abandoned mines, and crumbling buildings, blending history and legend. Our world is full of abandoned places—crumbling structures and rotting buildings...
Jason Lykins, a photographer with an eye for the unseen, invites you on a visual odyssey through the west side of Mississippi. His latest work, a testament to his relentless...
St. Louis is a city with a lot going on just below the surface. This sometimes-secret world includes pitch black tunnels and caves, the long, lonely halls of past institutions,...
Stretching nearly 2,100 miles along the Atlantic Ocean, America’s eastern coastline is shared by only fourteen states—New Jersey among them. Of its 564 municipalities, only a select few touch the...
During World War II, Nazi-Occupied Germany created a weapon that the world had never seen. The V-2 would be the grandfather of missile technology. In 1950, Russia created the first...
If you’re looking for horror stories, you need not look further than Salem, Massachusetts.The year 1692 saw twenty people executed for witchcraft in a time of heavy superstition. They were...
In this curated collection, Texas-based photographer Tori Sandoval invites readers to explore the serene beauty of Seguin, Texas. Nestled along the Guadalupe River, Seguin is a charming town celebrated for...
Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Wilds of Upper Peninsula takes the reader on a rollicking adventure through the upper peninsula of Michigan, exploring lesser travelled roads, tracts of wilderness with stunning...
New Orleans celebrates life—and death—with a spirit found nowhere else in the United States. Here, mourning and memory take on a vivid, almost theatrical beauty. The city’s cemeteries, with their...
