Abandonment

Abandoned in a forgotten northern Illinois farmhouse....

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron Water like a stone Snow had fallen Snow on snow on snow In the bleak midwinter Long, long ago.... Long abandoned northern Illinois farmhouse caught in the grips of winter's chill....

Long forgotten old one room schoolhouse in northern Iowa...

Abandoned Iowa mansion in the dead of winter....

The sorry remains of the original Kewanee Boiler Plant in Kewanee, IL. The plant first began in 1868,and by the early 1900's Kewanee boilers were in manufacturing plants, government buildings, schools and churches, and ships all over the world. The plant at one time employed 4000 workers and still had nearly a 1000 in the early '70s. But more efficient ways of powering and heating became available and the plant was finally shuttered in 2002. Today only the badly dilipidated office building and this single metal smoke stack remain on the site....

This old northern Illinois farmhouse has been abandoned so long that trees have actually grown up in some of the doorways making entry impossible!

This nice,but long abandoned farmhouse, was in relatively good shape just 5 years ago. But the effects of neglect come quickly....

A long,silent hallway in the abandoned Kewanee Boiler office building in Kewanee, IL.The company, synonymous for it's boilers that powered manufacturering, government, and school buildings, abandoned the office many years ago. The whole factory complex, including this building, is currently under demolition....

The most interesting building in the small northwestern Illinois village of Nora, population 120...