Confederate Prison
This log garrison home is the only surviving structure once used by the prison that stood across the street from it during the Civil War.
Cathedral of St. John
A detailed account of the 1850 building of, the 1861 burning of, the 1886 toppling of, and the 1890 rebuilding of The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, SC.
Lando School
Constructed in an unexpected Italian Renaissance style for a Southern mill town, Lando School was built for the children of mill workers in 1904-5.
Weapons Carrier
I found this relic in an almost-ghost town in the high desert of Goldfield, Nevada. Wyatt and Virgil Earp once lived in Goldfield; Virgil was hired as the town’s deputy sheriff in 1905 but died of pneumonia six months later. It was a booming gold and silver rush town in the early 1900’s.
1894 Pioneer School
When Utah’s State Office of Education building was vacated in 1993 to allow for renovation, school officials found two old boxes in the basement. The boxes, which were nearly discarded, were found to contain annual reports of state school superintendents dating back to the 1870s, when Utah was a territory and a public school system was just beginning.
Goldfield High School
Legend has it that the ghost of a young boy still roams the classrooms and stairwells of Goldfield High School, situated in the high desert of southwest Nevada. Lore spoke of a student that was said to have been playing in the coal room when a tragic accident occurred. A pile of coal, being shoveled in through the chute, collapsed on top of him, burying him alive.
The Tonopah Cemetery
Within a stone’s throw of the world renowned Clown Motel, sits the Tonopah Cemetery in Tonopah, Nevada. Both the motel and cemetery are rumored to be haunted, one by negative energies, the other by restless miners.
Maine House
Abandoned for over 50 years, this home was built in 1900 not far from the Royal River in Yarmouth, Maine. The current property owner told me he remembered being a kid in the 1960’s and seeing an old man carrying a lantern at night. The man lived alone, with no power or water, and was seen roaming both inside and outside his home carrying a lantern. When the lantern went out, he went to bed. He had no wife or children.
Maine State Hospital
1840: Built of Hallowell granite on 35 acres of land, Maine Insane Hospital opened its doors to 120 patients as a state-of-the-art facility with ventilation, lighting, heating, and water.
High Rise Prison
The summer of 2019 I’d heard the high rise prison in Burke County, NC was slated to be demolished. I had a connection that was able to secure a private tour of the place not long before it was imploded.