The lost and the forgotten: Old houses in despair

Houses, like people and pets, have souls. These abandoned old houses have stories to tell. I wish more people cared about saving these treasures.

This photo and the photo above it are courtesy of http://www.old-house-cafe.oldhousess.com

Photo courtesy of Krystian Kozerawski Photoblog. This photo links to this talented photographer's blog.

Old barn in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Photo by Holly Tierney-Bedord

23 Mar This entry was published on March 23, 2012 at 12:40 pm. It’s filed under Antiques, Architecture, Art, Design, History, Photography, Places, Wisconsin and tagged Abandoned houses, Architecture, Mineral Point, Old Houses, Photographers. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

6 thoughts on “The lost and the forgotten: Old houses in despair”

kristaskrede on May 20, 2012 at 10:55 am said:

These are all beautiful, it would be so fun to go and restore some of these…except for maybe the slanty one

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hollyrecommends on May 20, 2012 at 12:05 pm said:

Yes, that one looks a little too far gone! Thank you for stopping by.

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Angela on July 15, 2012 at 5:02 pm said:

Such beautiful textures

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Titania on July 20, 2012 at 9:56 pm said:

beautiful abandoned houses, and I am homeless… something just doesn’t add up right…

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Melanie's Menagerie on November 13, 2012 at 10:01 pm said:

I always pine for big old houses! I would love to live in one someday…while fixing it up, of course.

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Patrick Dixon on December 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm said:

i really like the 1st house,#58, beautiful workmanship,would like to know history!

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