Photos From The Road

This abandoned and delightfully dilapidated schoolhouse in small-town Elmira, Illinois, appears not long for this world. At the rate the siding is being stolen off it, the first heavy snowfall stands to do it in. Still, in its heyday, it must have been a source of great pride for the townsfolk.

Abandoned schoolhouse on the northwestern Minnesota prairie.

Between Cass Lake and Walker, Minnesota.

Scenic old schoolhouse in Norman County in far western Minnesota.

Detail of Vitrolite panels from Crescent Jewelers in Hannibal, Missouri.