Month: April 2020

As modern agribusiness continues its march over small farms, scenes such as this have become more common. Here you can see in the far distance the new standard structure:

Silos without tops litter countless backyards throughout the heartland. And sadly, fields of rotten soybeans, like the one behind this barn and silo, have been the recent result of

This barn and farmhouse sit on a rural corner road outside Marengo, Illinois. Everything on the property is shuttered, a sign of the changes that have happened to the

Swirling clouds and fractured reflections add to the mystique of this Wizard’s Tower. Eaves, Chris (March 21, 2020). Wizard’s Tower [Photograph]. Marengo Township, Ill. Shot on a Canon 6D

This little greenhouse/cloche and tool shed still sits behind where the main house had been. Eaves, Chris (March 21, 2020). Abandoned Americana No. 15 [Photograph]. Bonus Township, Ill. Shot

Here’s another take on the barn from yesterday. The vulture got annoyed with me being close at hand and went back to gliding over the nearby fields. One of

Finally a day with clouds and sky and buzzards! This turkey vulture, aka, buzzard, gives this abandoned barn some disquieting verve. Eaves, Chris (March 21, 2020). Abandoned Americana No.

Here’s the final image from the barn site outside Odell, Illinois. Eaves, Chris (March 16, 2020). Abandoned Americana No. 12 [Photograph]. City, Ill. Shot on a Canon 6D at

The original house on the site collapsed. I-55 is visible in the background. Eaves, Chris (March 16, 2020). Abandoned Americana No. 11 [Photograph]. Odell, Ill. Shot on a Canon

The reason I traveled down to Odell was to take a photo of this barn, which is visible off I-55. I’d driven by it for decades, but I was

Here’s my final image from this set of abandoned buildings on the hill. Eaves, Chris (March 16, 2020). Shack [Photograph]. Odell, Ill. Shot on a Canon 6D at 24mm,

A different angle of yesterday’s subject. This time you can see some of the sleet coming down. Eaves, Chris (March 16, 2020). Abandoned Americana No. 9 [Photograph]. Odell, Ill.

Another structure from this site on the hill, this time with a pully outside the hayloft. What you can’t see here is the umbrella I’m using to shelter the

This “abandoned” farmstead still shelters a harvest wagon and is flanked by well-maintained fields. The mist and sleet provide stark contrast for the structure against the sky. Eaves, Chris

I’m still trying to figure out how the top of this building looks straight, the bottom is leaning to the right, and why the structure is braced from the

Driving along old Route 66, I saw wind turbines to the east and what looked to be an abandoned farm. After a quick U-turn, I doubled back to a

Around the corner from the US Post Office in Odell, this shuttered window speaks to the age of the town. Eaves, Chris (March 16, 2020). Abandoned Americana No. 5

Getting up close to the building in yesterday’s photo, we see a beautiful wooden canoe hanging from the rusted tin ceiling. Eaves, Chris (March 16, 2020). Abandoned Americana No.

Another closed/abandoned building in downtown Odell. Looking at online photos from a decade ago reveals that the building has hardly changed in that time, except for the now-broken windowpane

A dreary day and a dreary downtown Odell. A block away on the other side of the tracks sits the wonderful Café 110 West. This building hasn’t changed much