Historic Sites Across the Southern States
Historic Whistlesop Served Community in Many Ways
It might look forlorn today but at one point, this brick building offered important services to the rural community that once surrounded it.
Family General Store Closed Since the 1980s
This store served a small but vibrant community that emerged when a sawmill was constructed nearby in the 1870s.
Impressive Farmhouse Sits Empty and For Sale
This farmhouse from 1889 holds the stories of a family that helped build its surrounding community. Today it sits empty and is for sale.
South Carolina Home Holds 200 years of history within its walls
A modest two-room log cabin was built here in the 1820s and expanded over time.
Early Methodist Church Served Community for 100 Years
A congregation started meeting here in the 1840s and by the 1920s, had built this church which stands empty today.
Georgia Farmhouse from the 1870s Remains Mostly Unchanged
Built in the 1870s by the Tippins Family, this home has never been painted and remains in nearly original condition.
Historic Georgia Home Relocated for Restoration
Built for a judge in a small Georgia town, this home has since been relocated by a relative to be restored.
Dogtrot Home in Alabama Sits Empty
This abandoned Alabama dogtrot home sits at a quiet rural crossroads that used to be busy with activity.
Early Florida Railroad House
This home was built by an early Florida railroad master who raised his family here.
[Alachua County, FL]
All that Remains of Half Moon
A rural community built this one-room schoolhouse around 1900. It sat empty for many years before it was relocated to a park for future generations.
Old Family Farmhouse Still Holds Fond Memories for Descendants
Although it crumbles more each day, this farmhouse from the 1800s still holds fond memories for family descendants.
Historic Home in North Carolina Set to be Burned for Practice
This home in Eastern North Carolina dates to the 1850s. Now empty, its owners have agreed to let the local fire department burn it for practice.
Country Store from the Old Days stands alone in Tennessee
This country store served a rural farming community in Tennessee until the 1950s.
Church Built of Handmade Brick the First of its Kind
Built in 1876, this chapel in Western North Carolina was the first church made of handmade bricks in this region.
[Buncombe County]
Historic Honey Pot is a Local Landmark
This brick building has served its community as a post office, an apiary, and today, as a favorite local landmark.
North Carolina Church Founded Before The Civil War
This church was built in 1853 and is all that is left of a once-expansive plantation.
[Halifax County, NC]
A Historic Family Homestead in Sumter County Florida
This home was built lovingly- quite literally, for the Fussell Family in the late 1800s.
[Sumter County, FL]
Bradley Grist Mill: Serving It’s Community For More than 100 Years
Built in 1922, this grist mill has been grinding corn for its community for almost 100 years.
[Leon County, FL]
A Florida Boarding House Known For it’s Food
Ms. Bess was famous for her pies and her caring nature.
[Putnam County, FL]
An Old House Left to Fall on Its Own
This home raised many children on a once expansive farm. Today is has been left to fall.
[Jackson County, GA]
A Historic Georgia Church Down a Picturesque Dirt Road
This church stands as one of the few reminders of a crossroads community that has long-since disappeared.
[Brooks County, GA]
Forgotten Florida Frontier: The Beville-Crum House
This home was built by the first white settler to come to this area of Florida.
[Sumter County, FL]
A Church Founded by some of Florida’s Earliest Settlers: Wacahoota Church
This church was founded by earlier Florida settlers and while its no longer in regular use, descendants of its founders care for it to this day.
[Levy County, FL]
Mt. Moriah Plantation
The first portion of this plantation home was built in 1810 and expanded in 1850.
[Edgecombe County, NC]
An Abandoned House Along the Florida Railroad: Then & Now
Built in the 1870s, this home has watched the trains roll by for more than 100 years.
[Bradford County, FL]
Historic St. Phillip’s Baptist Church Has Collapsed
For as many years as anyone can remember, this church had been leaning closer to obscurity until one day in 2020, she collapsed, taking most of her story with her.
[Claiborne County, MS]
Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans Theme Park
On August 28, 2005, Six Flags New Orleans would shut down to prepare for Hurricane Katrina. Little did anyone know it would never open again.
[New Orleans, LA]
Historic Inn on the Natchez Trace in Mississippi
The historic inn & plantation sits along the Natchez Trace and has been a refuge for travelers since 1780.
[Adams County, MS]
Chapel in North Carolina Founded by Abolitionist Minister
Rev. James O’Kelly, a noted abolitionist, started a congregation here in 1794.
[Chatham County, NC]
A Unique Historic Home in Georgia inspired by Oscar Wilde
Built on the foundation of a Women’s Academy that burned in 1880, this 5,000 square foot home sat abandoned before years before preservationists stepped up in 2019 to save it.
[Morgan County, GA]
Historic Virginia Home Demolished for Suburbs
This historic home has been razed to make room for a new subdivision.
[Loudon County, VA]
Historic Georgia Building Served as a Store, Jail, and Courthouse
Built in 1821, this place has served as a courthouse, a jail, a school, a stagecoach stop, and a general store.
[Newton County, GA]
Rural Virginia Schoolhouse on a Picturesque Creek
Built c. 1907, this rural school house served the surrounding community until 1955.
[Carroll County, VA]
Historic Schoolhouse Left Behind in the 1950s
Built in the 1890s, this rural school building would serve grades 1-7 until the 1950s when it was replaced with a newer brick building.
[Grayson County, VA]
Prominent North Carolina Family House is Left Empty
This home has seen better days. Check out the post to see what it looked like back then!
[Alleghany County, NC c. 1890s]
Georgia Sharecropping Plantation Complex Stands Empty
This plantation sits at an important crossroads and is in great need of preservation
[Morgan County, GA]
Former Florida Governor’s Mansion and the Ghost Town of Ellaville Where It Stood
A lumber town and mansion once stood along these river banks.
[Madison County, FL]
Florida Governors Mansion at Pilot Town along the St. Johns River
Home to the 19th Governor of Florida, this home sits at the crossroads of thousands of years of Florida history.
[Duval County, FL]
Abandoned Historic School in Jacksonville Florida: Annie Lytle School
Built in 1917, this school was abandoned in the 1960s.
[Duval County, FL]
The Abandoned Hayes Family Farmhouse
This home was built by some of Florida’s earliest white settlers.
[Bradford County, FL]
Greek Revival Plantation Home on the Hill
This remarkable example of Greek Revival architecture has endured the ups and downs that the rest of the nation did through war, depression, and dramatic shifts.
[Hancock County, GA]
The Empty Shell of an Old Georgia Farmhouse
This farmhouse has been stripped of it parts but its beauty still shines through.
[Lowndes County, GA]
Historic Church Built by Freedmen in Georgia
This church was founded in 1886 by a group of freed slaves.
[Taliaferro County, GA]
The Fletcher Family Farmhouse in Georgia
This home was adapted over generations to fit the needs of a growing family.
[Irwin County, GA]
The First Presbyterian Church in the Mississippi Frontier
This church is a replica of the one-room structure that served a congregation of early settlers in the Mississippi Territory.
[Claiborne County, MS]
A Historic Mississippi Church Saved After Lightning Struck
Built in the 1840s, this church sat at a significant crossroads during the Civil War.
[Claiborne County, MS]
Florida Boarding House was Known for its Biscuits
Built sometime before the 1880s, this historic boarding house served travelers along the cattle route that passed in front.
[Sumter County, FL]
Virginia Ghost Town Abandoned by the Railroad
This town was once a bustling stop on the stage and railroad routes.
[Mecklenburg County, VA]
Ghost Town Church Relocated to Save it for Future Generations
This church from 1868 was destined to rot away in a Mississippi ghost town until it was relocated and given a new lease on life.
[Claiborne County, MS]
National Register Home in Mississippi Left to Crumble
This federal style mansion from the early 1800s rots away in Mississippi.
[Adams County, MS]
Mississippi River Ghost Town Church
This Antebellum church still shows scars from the Civil War.
[Jefferson County, MS]
Ghosts of the Mississippi: The Forgotten Town of Rodney
This ghost town sits like a time capsule at the end of an old dirt road.
[Jefferson County, MS]
Picturesque Red Chapel in Rural Alabama
This beautiful church + cemetery have been lovingly maintained for 185 years.
[Hale County, AL]
Historic Hotel and Store Left Behind in Alabama
This old railroad town is much quieter today than it once was
[Clarke County, AL]
The Ruins of Mississippi’s Biggest Plantation House
These columns stand as ghostly reminders of one of the largest mansions that ever stood in the South.
[Claiborne County, MS]
Historic Country Store Gets Left Behind in Florida
Elsie and her family have left the building.
[Columbia County, FL c. 1920s]
Georgia Church is Abandoned After 100 Years of Service
This church has been hit by a tornado.
[Ben Hill County Georgia]
Once Abandoned Historic Church Gets a Savior!
This church has sat empty for years but an ambitious local historian is giving it a new lease on life.
[Tattnall County, GA]
Historic Manor House in Alabama Can’t Find A New Owner
Built in 1906, this impressive mansion has been on the market for years.
[Perry County, AL]
Historic Home Served as a Battle Hospital in the Battle of Bull Run
This building served as a hospital during the 1st and 2nd Battle of Manassas during the Civil War.
[Prince William County, VA]