This project began as a simple, easy way to pad out a blog entry. I found an old grocery store ad, wondered what the building looked like today, and found myself once again prowling up and down the streets of some vacant small town. I grew up in one of these places, so I know the attachments people have to the old buildings, the names on the cornices, the recollection of the days when every storefront was filled. The time before the town emptied out or Sam’s lads built a store a few miles down the road.

I don’t go looking for places that look abandoned, but I keep finding them.

You can find the most recent example every Thursday, at the Bleat.

 

-- Lileks

01.01.22

 

 

 

 

Alliance NE Bethany MO
  Fredericksburg TX Algona IA
  Harlingen TX Marshfield WI
  Rhinelander WI Bloomsburg PA
  Train Street MI Statesboro GA
  Aurora NE Brownsville PA
  Stephenville TX Ennis TX
  Martinsville VA Martinsville TN
  Salem OH Wing ND
  Snider TX Jackson MN
  Lawrence MA Mooresville NC
  Lock Haven PA North Loup NE
  Marshall MN Arcadia KS
  Vernon AV LA Abbeville AL
  Missoula MT Sherman TX
  Abermarle NC Alma NE
  Marshfield WI Buffalo MO
  Kadoka SD Nampa ID
  Scott KS  

 

 

Winnebago MN Laurel MS
  Mankato MN Butte MT
  Mineral Wells TX Angola IN
  Brush CO Center TX
  Berwyn IL Langdon ND
  Easton PA Col. Junction IA
  Brewton AL Harriman TN
  Italy TX Longview WA
  Mattoon IL Appleton WI
  Idaho Falls ID Kankakee IA
  Michigan City IN Pauls Valley OK
  Plainview MN Sandersville GA
  Steubenvill OH Georgetown TX
  Grants NM New Richmond WI
  Winner SD Canton SD
  Meridian MS Wheatland IA
  Willows CA Lorain OH 1
  Lorain OH 2 Rexburg ID
  New Kensington PA (1) New Kensington PA (2)
  New Kensington PA (3) Arnold PA
  Milan MI Williston FL
  Dalton GA Geneva NY
  Mandan ND Elgin MN
  Hazelton ND Demopolis AL
  Groton SD  

 

Berseford ND Howard St. Baltimore
  Lawrence KS Monroe WI
  Beatrice NE (2) Douglas AZ
  Marlin TX Evanston WY
  Somewhere USA Jackson MI
  Kearney NE Rawlins WY
  Greenville MS Angola IN
  Goshen IN Paragould AK
  Burley ID Pocatello ID
  Witchita Falls TX (2) Columbus IN
  Muscatine IA Globe AZ
  Huntington WV Rockdale TX
  Carrington ND Gibson City IL
  Sturgis MI Massillon OH
  Alameda, CA Washington KA
  Sterling CO Livingston MT
  Cicero, IL Boonville MO
  Denison TX Sandusky OH
  Decorah IA Muskogee MI
  Marked Tree AL S. Halstad Chi
  Whapeton ND Altus OK
  Torrington CN Vandalia IL
     

 

Cleveland OH Blue Earth MN
  Hamtrack MI Alexandria LA
  Newark NJ Aurora IL
  Delphos OH Gillette WY
  Noblesville IN Parsons KS
  Streator IL Beaumont TX
  Gatesville TX Euclid ~ Cleveland
  Sioux City ~ 7th Corsicana TX
  Antioch IL Pulaski TN
  Elk River OK Georgetown TX
  Warland WY Brazil IN
  Zanesville OH Mishawaka IN
  Lamar MO Spring Valley MN
  Sherburn MN Creston IA
  Winona MN Sioux City IA
  Lasalle IL Jacksonboro TX
  Crossville TN Elyria OH
  Iowa Falls IA Warsaw MO
  McAlester OK Vernon TX
  Cleveland OH Chicago IL
  Gratoit Det OH Newton IA
  Remsen IA  
     

 

Aberdeen WA Halstad ~ Chicago
  Porterville CA MLK Milwaukee
  Detroit MI (4) Jessup GA
  Little Falls MN Pratt KS (2)
  Homer LA Kan kakee IL
  Monroe City MO Smithfield NC
  Logan UT Loraine St. Cleveland
  Frankfort IN Mexia TX
  Nevada IA Ft Smith AK (2)
  Freeport IL (2) The Dalles OR (2)
  Warren MN Binghamton NY (2)
  Lancaster OH Miami OK
  Cordele GA (2) Buffalo WY
  Liberal KS Richmond IN (2)
  San Angelo TX Cambridge OH
     

 

Gilbert MN Virginia MN
  Eveleth MN Mt. Iron MN
  McKeesport PA E Liverpool OH (2)
  Rockville TX Attallia AL
  Chicago IL Lewiston ME
  Watertown WI (2) Spring Valley MN
  Seymour IN Excelsior Springs MO
  Bay City (2) Del Rio TX (2)
  Keokuk IA (2) Neillsville WI
  Ely MN Raton NM (2)
  Roscoe TX Bruceton TN
  Chatsworth TN Detroit MI
  Coloma MI Kermit TX
  Evansville IN (2) Holyoak MA
  Fargo OK McMinnville TN
  Galesburg IL (2) Maryville TN
  Danville VA Detroit MI
  Twin Falls ID Pendleton OR
     

 

Auburn NE Colorado City, TX
  Chicago IL Borger TX
  Elizabeth NJ Seymour TX
  Ft. Street Detroit Electra TX (2)
  Barnesville MN Lynchburg VA
  Detroit MI Hays KS
  Charleston MO Wichita KS
  Clinton IA DeRidder LA
  Auburn NY Ft. Dodge, IA
  Giddings TX Hastings NE
  Bainbridge GA
Redmond OR
  Freeport IL Scottsbluff NE
  Ft. Road, Detroit Canadian TX
  Eaton Rapids MI Ahoksie NC
  Union City TN Mullins SC
  Napoleon ND Jackson GA
  Gunnison CO Marshalltown IA
  Duncan OK North Platte NE
  Kremmling CO Otoka OK