Barns & Buildings Ah, the ruins or Rome.. the graceful proportions of the Acropolis. The elegant symmetry of classic architecture... You won't find any of that in this Picture Gallery. Barns and other interesting structures that I have found on my drives around the ozarks and across the country. Click on any image to see a larger version! The Old Homestead A house. Abandoned how long ago, no one knows. It stands vacant as the years slowly seep into its rafters. view larger pic Michigan House If you're late I'll leave a light on. you can imagine a ghostly light glowing from an upper window of this old home. But the lines are straigh. a fresh coat of paint and a few new appliances and it will... view larger pic Stoney Barn A Barn, a motorhome, an entire lifestile under endless michigan skies. view larger pic Cow Barn I was driving along in upper Michigan. Just wanderind around, I didn't really know exactly where I was at the time. I rounded the bend and came upon the Barn of the Green Cow. Perhaps it was the Green... view larger pic Phillipsburg Store Out by the train tracks nobody seems to be wanting to do any business. at least not in this abandoned storefront. The old Route 66 used to run through, P{hillipsburg Missouri. It still does but there... view larger pic With a Little Bit o When you are driving north on Highway 209 in North Carolina, If you want to find Trust you have to first come into Luck. Luck, NC isn't even a crossroad. It isn't what it was and what remains is an adorable... view larger pic Arched Shed I was Driving through the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas when I came upon this arched shed. It was mid-May and the corn in the field was only a few feet tall in the middle. I wonder if the arch is a product... view larger pic Missouri Windmill in the low, rolling hils that are Northern Missouri, this windmill stands sentinal over an empty yard view larger pic Iowa Barn It was a quiet morning. The only sound was the rush of the air and the field crickets around me. When I stopped to take this picture no other vehicle passed for the ten or fifteen minutes I was fooling... view larger pic Havanah Arkansas The corner store in Havana, Arkansas doesn't seem to be doing much business these days. the painted advertisements on the walls have faded, and the doors are shuttered. If fact the whole town seemed to... view larger pic Missouri Shack ... view larger pic Corrugated building in Stuttgard A corrugated tin building with hopper in Stuttgart Arkansas. Stuttgart Arkansas is the Rice Capital of the World view larger pic Tankhouse This is a tankhouse outside of Castroville, California. There were workers harvesting lettuce in a field nearby on that day. Salad to the horizon. view larger pic Giant Artichoke Again we are in Castroville California, artichoke capital of the world. Why these folk are so darn crazy about their artichokes that they have an 18' artichoke as the mascot to this restauraunt where you... view larger pic Old farm building with tar paper brick Sometimes the wrapping is better than the present inside. Who knows what might be found if that door were pushed to the side. Perhaps it hides an ancient Bentley, purchased by an eccentric old farmer and... view larger pic Weathered Fence Post In its charity, this fence post has been a rest stop for birds, a canvas for lichens and a trellis for climbing vines. Perhaps it has contained a cow or two as well. For however many years it has been... view larger pic Tin Shed An old tin shed shows its picturesque self on one of the backroads of the Missouri Ozarks. The bright two-tone orange door with the Phillips route 66 sign on it gave it a personality all of it's own. it... view larger pic Tanks & Tower Huge fuel tanks provide background for a graveyard of old gas pumps. The town water tower watches over beneath a darkening sky. view larger pic Barn on a Hillside In the rolling hills of the Ozarks there isn't always a flat place to build your barn. This can be an advantage, giving one easier access to the upper floors. Of course any barn is only as good as its... view larger pic Shed with basket ball hoop It must have been difficult deciding whether the galvanized tin should go on the side of the building or the roof. Clearly, the side won out and now the basketball rebounds with a clatter. Imagine people... view larger pic Old Town Barn Everything changes. Villiages grow into towns. Towns grow into cities. Amid all of this change and growth there are pockets of stillness. Places preserved, for the moment, from the busy rush of 21st-century... view larger pic picture of a run down shed As you crest Copening Hill in the Missouri Ozarks, you will flash by a tiny church. If you are behind one of the locals who's pickup truck grinds down into first gear to make it up the hill, the flashing... view larger pic Shed Wall It was early in October. Turning colors beneath an overcast sky. Along my way stood this shed. In past days someone had paid attention to it. When working with the image I discovered the shed had Christmas... view larger pic Barn Tractor A tin roof, a bare wall and a place to park the tractor. Sometimes that is all you need for a happy outlook on life. Maybe I am confusing that with a look out the window. I like the modifications this... view larger pic Charleston Shack The deep awning on the front of this old building makes me think it once was a gas station. It can be found on an old feeder highway north of Charleston, South Carolina. Hidden in the trees behind the... view larger pic Milking shed They call these milking sheds, though I don't think much milking goes on in them. You can find them on small to tiny farm operations that have a few head of milk cows or at one time had. Some of the ones... view larger pic Indiana Grainary I'm not an old farm-boy. I have uncles that are old farm-boys and perhaps they would know what this building is right-off. I am guessing, based on the chutes at the top, it was used as a grainary back... view larger pic Carolina Farm They are growing soybeans here now but "back in the day" this-a-here plot of land was growin' tobaccy the two tall buildings are classic 'baccy shacks. view larger pic

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