A North Carolina Miscellany
Abandoned NC started out in 2003 as a way to display photos of abandoned buildings from “urban exploring” around North Carolina.
Today you’ll also find folklore, history articles, collected ephemera, and anything else from the Old North State that piques my interest.
The Nude Rider of Mount Airy
Mount Airy, North Carolina is known for a lot of things. Foremost in my mind, it’s been the site of a massive granite quarry for over 160 years. A quarry…
Tales From Ringfire Mountain
On the north end of the little community of Osbornville in Wilkes county, between Somers Road and Dugger Creek stands a modest little mountain. Despite rising to only 1400 feet…
Saving the invisible.
For my first post of 2024, I want to draw attention to another NC blogger and specifically her quest to save an important historic property in North Carolina.
The Colored School
This “colored school” served as an elementary and high school for decades in the community where it is located.I’ve found a little bit of information that gives us an idea…
Crossing At Beaver Creek
I have almost no information about this old bridge site. Aerial photos reveal it was already out of use as early as 1955, and the size of it tends to…
Reverend Enoch Gwyn
Enoch Newton “Newt” Gwyn was born in 1836 to Richard and Elizabeth (Hunt) Gwyn in Elkin, North Carolina. He was one of six other children born into that family.Enoch’s father…
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