Lots of the pictures I post on my website, www.redriverhistorian.com, tend to be of ruins – disused buildings and such – and sometimes,...

Google Maps have been my constant companion since they were introduced back in the stone ages (okay, a few years ago). I can’t believe I...

Every time I give a presentation on ghost towns, invariably I’m asked this question: “What exactly is a Ghost Town? And why are you...

My family hails from the South… I mean from way back. They came from the slums of Middlesex, London, and after a generation in Ireland,...