If you drive along Interstate 80 through Nebraska, you’ll see a lot of wheat fields, a lot of corn fields, and very little else.
If you keep at it, and drive until you feel the endless flat landscape pressing against your sanity like Nyarlathotep descending on a tasty morsel of virgin consciousness, you’ll reach exit 382.
There’s nothing there, really. A golf cart store, a gas station, a sign advertising an inn that’s been closed for years…that’s about it. There is also, just to the north of the interstate and a little more than a quarter of a mile from the exit, the ruins of a tiny wooden church, collapsing into decay.
The church itself is here:
When we drove past the church, I had no choice but to stop and photograph it. The ruins are beautiful beyond all comprehension. It’s a pretty hard slog from the exit, through thick brush, and a barbed-wire fence along the interstate prevented me from getting behind it. Plus, I got ticks while getting these pictures. Ticks! *shudders*
Some of these pictures would make awesome posters.
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wonderful pictures! i would like to see one or two of these in black and white. they’re just too cheerful in color.
They do look a lot more stark in B&W:
that’s what i’m talking about! it emphasizes their decrepitude!
followed from another site (FL).
wonderful pictures! i would like to see one or two of these in black and white. they’re just too cheerful in color.
You really found something neat.
Yeah! Worth getting ticks to get these images. 🙂
Did you? Get ticks, that is?
I did! Two of ’em. Freaked me out, too…ugly little blood-sucking arachnids.
Just in case you don’t know already, be sure to check for bulls-eye patterns at the bite sites.
Checked! Also, weren’t deer ticks. *hums Brad Paisley’s song*
You really found something neat.
They do look a lot more stark in B&W:
Yeah! Worth getting ticks to get these images. 🙂
that’s what i’m talking about! it emphasizes their decrepitude!
wonderful!!
wonderful!!
Did you? Get ticks, that is?
I like pictures of old barns that are falling down. There’s something postmodern about them.
Great photos,! You can’t do poster-size? My little old powershot can print up to 8×10. I figured yours could do better than that.
I like pictures of old barns that are falling down. There’s something postmodern about them.
Oh good lord. This brought back memories of trips to South Dakota and Nebraska from my childhood. The sheer poverty and barenness. I’ve not had anything triggers those memories with such vividness in a long time.
Oh good lord. This brought back memories of trips to South Dakota and Nebraska from my childhood. The sheer poverty and barenness. I’ve not had anything triggers those memories with such vividness in a long time.
I did! Two of ’em. Freaked me out, too…ugly little blood-sucking arachnids.
Just in case you don’t know already, be sure to check for bulls-eye patterns at the bite sites.
Some really cool pictures!
Thanks!
Some really cool pictures!
Checked! Also, weren’t deer ticks. *hums Brad Paisley’s song*
Awesome pics! I really like the B&W ones. Nicely composed.
Also, ticks suck… pun definitely intended. 😉
Awesome pics! I really like the B&W ones. Nicely composed.
Also, ticks suck… pun definitely intended. 😉
I see the decay in the black and white ones. I love the color ones though – I see life in them.
I see the decay in the black and white ones. I love the color ones though – I see life in them.
Great photos,! You can’t do poster-size? My little old powershot can print up to 8×10. I figured yours could do better than that.
Thanks!
Beautiful. But, none of inside?
Nope, couldn’t get inside. There was a fence all along the roadway. 🙁
Beautiful. But, none of inside?
Nope, couldn’t get inside. There was a fence all along the roadway. 🙁
What a sad commentary on the current condition of religion in our society.
You’d rather religion be what…even more popular?
I’d say it’s a sadder comment on the depopulation of rural areas in the Midwest.
What a sad commentary on the current condition of religion in our society.
You’d rather religion be what…even more popular?
VERY cool.
VERY cool.
I’d say it’s a sadder comment on the depopulation of rural areas in the Midwest.
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Hi there. I’m a big fan of your What, Like Two Girlfriends site, and I love love love your “Tracking the Unicorn” flow chart. A friend of mine directed me to your LJ–mind if I add you? Thanks!–M
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Oh I love finding old things like this to photograph. There is a lovely old cabin in a field near Yosemite that I too some photos of a while back. I think one actually had a bear in the field near by as well. I’ll have to find them.
Oh I love finding old things like this to photograph. There is a lovely old cabin in a field near Yosemite that I too some photos of a while back. I think one actually had a bear in the field near by as well. I’ll have to find them.