If you live in the country and enjoy seeing wildlife on your land, you may want to reconsider tearing down that “old eyesore” in the corner of your field. The Ozarks countryside is dotted with barns, ...
Larry Gerdes is having his barn taken down and disassembled in Malta Bend, Mo. It’s about the size of a three-car garage but stands much taller in a clearing surrounded by six-foot stalks of corn. The ...
If you could name your own Top 10 list of most-endangered historic places, what would you include? God’s house and barns. That’s what I’d put on it. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has ...
There’s a sweet, sentimental song by Frank Sinatra called “There Used To Be a Ballpark.” It’s a touching lament remembering ...
I was a lucky kid. I was raised on a farm. Now, I’m a collector of barns. Well, to be honest, I cannot really collect old barns, but they are a constant fascination to me, so I collect photos of ...
Misinformation can do a tremendous amount of harm. The topic of what to do with old barns is one that is riddled with misinformation and as a result, valuable buildings have been lost. Recent ...
The barn quilt movement has spread to Ashe County, where dozens of old barns are decorated with colorful patterns and have drawn tourists from across the country. The barn quilt movement has spread to ...
You really never know what you'll find down the old country roads of North Carolina. The sight of a dilapidated old tobacco barn with peeling paint and caved in roof may not be an unusual sight along ...