When we travel, it is inevitable, and as we plan our trip we try to find things that are abandoned. This time, on our way to the Outer Banks in North Carolina, we were so unbelievably lucky and the route that we chose. Not only were we able to find some really cool sites that we stopped and photographed, but all along our path, on these back roads with no lines, we found many many different places to explore. We did stop at every place, it would’ve made trip so unbelievably long. But we did stop at a couple.
The first stop we made was in Virginia. We found the original Randolph Macon College. From what I could gather any information I learned online, the college was built in the early 1800s and was closed in the mid-1800s. It was then reopened as an educational facility for freed slaves, but soon clothes afterwards by the late 1800s. I had read that there were several buildings still on site. We found two of the buildings; one of them being a house structure And the other being a crumbling brick structure that must’ve been housing or classes. Usually we do not abide by the no trespassing signs however, this building was literally crumbling before eyes. We just took pictures of the outside. The house we cannot get into the main structure however there was a back shed that was full of some of the most amazing relics from the time period in which the college existed. We found an all time record player and an amazing typewriter, a radio chairs chandeliers. It was incredible! Some of the other things we found Word jar’s and canisters, paint cans in the such.
some of the other buildings we found a lot of our way were gas stations with really old gas pumps. We saw lots and lots of houses, Barnes and a really neat industrial site. We could not get over in time to check out that site, so we pinned it on our Google maps and are going to try to head back there another time and we venture down to North Carolina next year.
if felt really good to be back on the road, finding different things, exploring, laughing, listening to music, enjoying our family time together. Little girl pretty much slept through the entire trip so we didn’t get a lot of pictures with her in it. However, I am throwing in a couple pictures from Pittsburgh stop that we found on the Lincoln Highway. These are from mid November, we found what looks like an old pro shoot and very large concrete structure that is just left sitting on the side of the road on the Lincoln Highway. Enjoy enjoy enjoy! You are about to embark in some crazy pictures and please stay tuned for some more abandonment from our trip to the Outer Banks.
The first stop we made was in Virginia. We found the original Randolph Macon College. From what I could gather any information I learned online, the college was built in the early 1800s and was closed in the mid-1800s. It was then reopened as an educational facility for freed slaves, but soon clothes afterwards by the late 1800s. I had read that there were several buildings still on site. We found two of the buildings; one of them being a house structure And the other being a crumbling brick structure that must’ve been housing or classes. Usually we do not abide by the no trespassing signs however, this building was literally crumbling before eyes. We just took pictures of the outside. The house we cannot get into the main structure however there was a back shed that was full of some of the most amazing relics from the time period in which the college existed. We found an all time record player and an amazing typewriter, a radio chairs chandeliers. It was incredible! Some of the other things we found Word jar’s and canisters, paint cans in the such.
some of the other buildings we found a lot of our way were gas stations with really old gas pumps. We saw lots and lots of houses, Barnes and a really neat industrial site. We could not get over in time to check out that site, so we pinned it on our Google maps and are going to try to head back there another time and we venture down to North Carolina next year.
if felt really good to be back on the road, finding different things, exploring, laughing, listening to music, enjoying our family time together. Little girl pretty much slept through the entire trip so we didn’t get a lot of pictures with her in it. However, I am throwing in a couple pictures from Pittsburgh stop that we found on the Lincoln Highway. These are from mid November, we found what looks like an old pro shoot and very large concrete structure that is just left sitting on the side of the road on the Lincoln Highway. Enjoy enjoy enjoy! You are about to embark in some crazy pictures and please stay tuned for some more abandonment from our trip to the Outer Banks.