Random Image of the Week #214: Dirt Road Therapy

This weekend’s random image is from a 2020 road trip out to Marysville, Texas Ito photograph an old church that was converted into a Freemason Lodge. I love the dirt road but would have preferred not have the wind generators in the background. Dirt … [Read more...]

Random Picture of the Week #189: The Old Strawn House

This week’s random image is of the old Strawn house that can be found out on the lonely dirt roads of Grayson County, Texas. The old house was the Strawn family homestead at one time. The house sits empty surrounded by modern barns on the families’ … [Read more...]

October 2021 North Texas Mini Road Trip – HWY 56 Sherman to Paris, Texas

Back in October I was I had some free time for a quick mini road trip. I decided that the trip should be no more than a couple hours from the house and be away from the house no longer than half the day. So decided to do a North Texas Mini Road Trip. … [Read more...]

October 2021 West Texas Road Trip

It's been just over four years since I've been on an official road trip out west and even longer since I've visited certain spots that I like to visit when I'm in the area. So when I had the chance to make a short trip I planned my October 2021 West … [Read more...]

Random Picture of the Week #180: Old Red Barn in Grayson County, Texas

This week’s random image is of an Old Red Barn I found while exploring the back roads in Grayson County, Texas right before the storms passed through the area. Old Red Barn on a Lonely Dirt Road You just don’t see these old barns anymore. They are … [Read more...]

Methodist Church of Cannon – Grayson County, Texas

About an hour north of Dallas is the small and growing town of Van Alstyne, Texas and just east of town on the edge of town is the small rural unincorporated community of Cannon, Texas. There isn't much left of the original town. All that’s left is … [Read more...]

Random Picture of the Week #177: The Old Strawn House Near Dorchester, Texas

This week’s random image is of the old Strawn House near Dorchester, Texas that I photographed a few months ago during a Grayson County, Texas rural explore of the Dorchester area. The Old Strawn House Near Dorchester, Texas Although the house sits … [Read more...]

Random Picture of the Week #174: Abandoned Farm House out on the backroads of Farmersville, Texas

As with many of these old farm houses I find, there isn't any information about the house or its history. Its lost history. When I looked up the property deed its shows its changed hands a few times over the last few years and the current owners … [Read more...]

Random Picture of the Week #169: Abandoned Store in Rodney, Mississippi

Back in February 2020 I had the chance to visit Rodney, Mississippi again to check the progress of the restoration of the old Rodney Presbyterian Church. On my way out of town I noticed what looked to be a house or maybe a store. After some research … [Read more...]

Random Picture of the Week #167: Another Abandoned Farm House Near Hazlehurst, Mississippi

This week’s random image is of another abandoned farmhouse east of Hazlehurst, Mississippi I stumbled across as I was driving out to small cemetery to photograph. Another Abandoned Farmhouse East of Hazlehurst, Mississippi Just down the road from … [Read more...]