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10/31/2026

👉🏼Have you ever seen a dogtrot like this one?

Built between 1837-1840 at Fort Mitchell, Alabama, the Crowell-Whitaker House is a well-preserved example of a dogtrot-style frontier home.

Colonel John Crowell gave the house to his niece Emma as a wedding gift in 1840. They lived on the Alabama frontier at Fort Mitchell, which was established in 1813 as a military outpost during the Creek War and later served as an assembly point during the Trail of Tears.

As I researched this place, I learned some fascinating history about this region during the early 1800s.

You can read more about it below...

10/31/2026

✨Spotted on the backroads of Chatham County, North Carolina.

10/31/2026

My dear friend, Brian Brown of Vanishing South Georgia , took me to this old Georgia homestead a few years ago, and when we arrived, we found the place swallowed up by wisteria.

I know it's a pesky vine, but it sure is beautiful!

10/31/2026

✨This old place was tucked away on a dirt road in Florida for more than 100 years, and at one point was the home of a doctor who served his rural community. For many years, the home sat empty, and every time I'd ride by, I hoped to find someone had given it a new life. That seemed possible when the property was listed for sale in 2020.

Alas, a savior wasn't coming. I drove back in 2024 to find the property cleared, with no sign of the house that once stood there.

📍Putnam County, Florida

10/31/2026

I love old stones like this one, because they were carved by the hands of someone who likely knew the person being remembered.

These carvers weren't formally trained, and the details show it. Crooked lines, misplaced letters, imperfections that make each stone entirely its own. It's a kind of character that machine-made stones could never replicate. I've also included a photo of his footstone.

"In memory of Mr. Alexander Wakefield
who was born A.D. 1795, May 13
Died August the 14th
Aged 73 years
3 M(onths) 1 D(ay)
He was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church for 47 years."

Alexander Wakefield (1795-1868)
📍 Buried at Antioch Presbyterian Church in Woodruff, South Carolina

10/30/2026

Who can identify the make and model of this truck?

I found it sitting beside the road in a remote part of the Tennessee mountains. The building behind it was a general store and post office at one point so I have a hunch that the truck might have served as the mail carrier's vehicle..

It looks like a Jeep to me but I'm no expert so let me know if you recognize the model of this vehicle.

10/30/2026

✨ Spotted in Loudoun County, virginia.

10/30/2026

👉🏼Gone, But Not Forgotten: A Historic Virginia Home Lost to Suburban Sprawl

Built in the 1880s, this once-stately home stood as a centerpiece of a thriving rural community in Virginia. Back then, life revolved around this spot as the post office was run out of an attached building.

But time has a way of transforming landscapes, and the once-quiet countryside was eventually overtaken by the rapid suburban expansion spreading outward from Washington, D.C. Sadly, this historic beauty was demolished to make way for a new housing development (visible in the last photo).

The house may be gone but her history doesn't have to be lost...so I dug into her story in an effort to save a piece of our history that is being erased so quickly.

You can read the story in the comments below...

10/30/2026

✨Before 'screentime' and packed sports schedules were the norm, there were summer days like this one. Three barefoot friends on a dusty road with the slow hum of an old waterwheel turning beside them.

I wonder what their names were and what their lives turned out to be.

📍Image taken in Lonesome Valley, Claiborne County, Tennessee, c. 1930s/40s

📷 Photgrapher, Joe Clark HBSS - Clark Family Photo Collection - Special Collections Library - University of North Texas

10/30/2026

✨The King Family Homestead in Berrien County, Georgia.

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