Abandoned places have a certain mystery about them. Why were they abandoned? What’s the history of this place? When it is an abandoned house or school it makes an even stronger connection with us as a home and school are something we can all relate to. During our trip on the northern Great Plains we…
On my recent road trip, I went old school. That is, I visited two old schools. Old, as in one-room schoolhouses. The kind only of few of us actually experienced. The two schools are only 20 miles apart. Likewise, both are well preserved. There is, however, one significant difference. Often, some governmental agency or a…
Death and dying surround the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Across the road, you have the old cemetery with burials starting in 1882 and continuing until as recently as 2018. The old church and school are still standing but are slowly decaying. Next to the church and school is a row of large dead trees. Even in…
