Twin City Opera House 15 West Main Street McConnelsville, OH, 43756 The small town of McConnelsville, Ohio, about an hour north of Athens, Ohio, was once a busy, bustling area back in the mid 1800’s. At the center of the town sits the former town hall and opera house, built over an old burnt down […]
Read More Twin City Opera House – HistoryFairfield County Infirmary 1549-1575 Granville Pike Lancaster, OH 43130 Just southeast of Columbus, Ohio, the small town of Lancaster holds a dark past in the form of an old brick building. The first incarnation of the Fairfield County Infirmary was a simple wood-framed structure which quickly grew and expanded to the large, three story […]
Read More Fairfield County Infirmary – HistoryWildwood Sanitarium 71 Prospect Ave Salamanca, NY, 14779 Surrounded by wooded state parks rests the small town of Salamanca, NY. On the outskirts of this town, an old stone building holds a past dating back to the late 1800’s. This historical building appears as a quaint old home but on the inside, and based […]
Read More Wildwood Sanitarium – HistoryBeaver Area High School Gypsy Glen Road Beaver, PA, 15009 When visitors walk down the main street of Beaver, PA (about an hour northwest of Pittsburgh, PA) they feel like they had stepped back in time to a simpler/friendlier aspect of life, and feeling like they are at home. They are welcomed with opened […]
Read More Beaver Area High School – HistoryThe Castle 15925 Mt. Savage Road NW Mt. Savage, MD 21545 Looming over the area, the old stone mansion that was built to resemble a Scottish castle still stands as a tribute to the past and historical value of the area of Mt. Savage, Maryland. At one point, the old Union Mining Company ran […]
Read More The Castle at Mount Savage – HistoryBlennerhassett Island Lubeck, WV, 26101 A secluded and historic island situated on the Ohio River right in the middle of Ohio and West Virginia, Blennerhassett Island is currently a state park including a single roadway and only a limited amount of docks. This island connects the two states via the Blennerhassett Island Bridge and […]
Read More Blennerhassett Island – HistoryGrand Midway Hotel 1303 Midway Avenue Windber, PA 15963 About two hours east of Pittsburgh and just south of Johnstown resides the small town of Windber, PA. In that town, one of the oldest buildings, and still active businesses in the small coal town, the Grand Midway Hotel stands as an ominous and macabre monument to the history […]
Read More Grand Midway HotelAndrew Bayne Memorial Library 34 N Balph Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15202 Just outside of the city of Pittsburgh rests the small town of Bellevue, PA. An old Victorian era house sits in the heart of a public park. The house was converted into a library after life had passed it by and has been […]
Read More Andrew Bayne Memorial Library – HistoryGill House 342 Harding Way West Gailon, OH 44833 Long before the construction of the Gill House, the Gill family had made Gailon, Ohio their home and even helped mold the town into what it is today. The original Gill family relocated to Gailon occurred around 1818 beginning with David Gill and his brother-in-law, […]
Read More Gill House – HistoryMidway Metaphysical 5824 Newton Falls Road Ravenna, OH 44266 Nestled between Akron and Youngstown in Ohio rests an old salvage yard behind the Midway Metaphysical store. Throughout the years the salvage yard was occupied by nearly 1,500 old vehicles on over 13 acres of land. The ground has been saturated by the […]
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