The Saginaw County Fair used to be the home of one of the biggest fairgrounds in the country, beginning way back in 1866. The complex now sits abandoned and nearly forgotten.
There was a time when people would make the drive to Rockford, Michigan, north of Grand Rapids to have a meal at Rosie's Diner, once featured in a generation of television commercials.
The Alinosi Ice Cream Shoppe in Detroit was once the cat's meow. Now it appears 8 of its 9 lives have been lived. There is hope for the boarded-up, nearly abandoned building as it's for sale.
There is something inherently creepy about an old abandoned house like this one in the Catskills Mountains of New York but once you move past the creepiness, they can be really fascinating.
The St. Johns Horse Auction barn has been closed now for many, many years. It sits abandoned along the side of US 127 north of Lansing, Michigan. It just happened to be the largest horse auction business within seven states.
I am fascinated by old abandoned buildings. Rockford, Illinois has a fair number, including one I've recently been taken with, the Watch Company Factory
If you've ever visited the Desert of Maine, you realize very quickly that it's a strange phenomenon. Maine, which is known for it's long, harsh winters and short summers, has a collection of odd sand dunes sitting in the middle of a bunch of bustling towns and cities...