Historic Sites Across the Southern States
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]
Shiloh Turpentine Tenants: Forgotten Florida Agricultural Industry
Built in the early 1900s for workers on a turpentine farm, these cabins have been lovingly kept up over all these years.
[Marion 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]