Detroit, MI: Fisher 21 Lofts/Fisher Body Plant 21

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Street View, Oct 2023

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LordExplores posted

For decades, the abandoned Fisher Body Plant 21 stood as one of Detroit’s most recognizable industrial ruins, but today it's getting a whole new purpose... 🏚️

Built in 1919, the massive factory produced automobile bodies for Cadillac and Buick before becoming part of General Motors. During World War II, it also contributed to wartime aircraft production. The plant closed in 1984 and was abandoned in 1993, leaving behind a 600,000-square-foot reminder of Detroit’s automotive past.

For years, demolition seemed inevitable. But instead of destroying the historic structure, developers announced plans in 2022 to transform it into hundreds of apartments and commercial spaces. The project offers a rare chance to preserve a piece of Detroit’s industrial history rather than erase it!

Paul Grabski: Well, this is not a nice neighborhood, I worked for 18 years across the street from this, at another GM plant. You will have to find a different area to shop-there’s nothing nearby, no parking or public transportation. Everything is closed around there-save for maybe a liquor store. I'll pass.

Rancho Cucamonga, CA: 1915 US-66 Richfield Service Station

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Route 66 Overview

Street View, May 2024

Street View, May 2024

Jeff Leftwich posted two photos with the comment: 

Photos I took in Rancho Cucamonga, California of the Cucamonga Service Station, on historic Route 66.

The photo with the motorcycle was taken in December 2018 and the one with the car was taken in December 2022.

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David Thomas, Jul 2024

John Berry, Jan 2024

Note the wood phone on the far wall.

Christian Griffith, Mar 2023

Boonville, MO: 1912 Chamber of Commerce/Katy Depot & Caboose, Grain Elevator and US-40 Mural

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US-40 Overview

Street View, May 2013

Steven Hooker posted three photos with the comment: "The Katy Train Station in Boonville Missouri."

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Thomas Bowers commented on Steven's post
Here is a photo I took just passing through in 1984.

The building is now a trailhead for the Katy Trail. The Katy Bridge is just a few blocks north of here.

Ms. Anita Litah (Nobody), Oct 2022

Jo, Jul 2023

This map accurately marks the location of the Katy depot. The Katy route across the river is abandoned, but UP still owns the MoPac route along the river.

1953 Billingsville and 1952 Boonville Quad @ 24,000

This view is looking North from the US-40 bridge along the UP/MoPac route.

Street View, Jan 2016

The mural needs to be touched up. If you "cruise" further South along US-40, you can see that the town has done a nice job of maintaining its 19th Century buildings.

Street View, Jul 2025

Chester, IL: Hometown of Elzie Crisler Segar, the creator of Popeye

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Chester is the home town of Elzie Crisler Segar, the cartoonist who created ‘Popeye The Sailor Man’. There is a small park on the Illinois side of the crossing to remember Segar, which includes a life-sized statue of Popeye. The city celebrates Segar in the annual Popeye Festival held each labor day weekend.
The village of Kaskaskia is located on the west side of the Mississippi River just upriver of Chester. Kaskaskia was a commercial and transportation hub in the 1800s. In fact, it was the first capital of Illinois until 1820. The Mississippi River shifted course to the east side of Kaskaskia in the middle and late 1800s. As a result, the village is now located on the west side of the Mississippi River. But since the state line follows the historic path of the Mississippi River, Kaskaskia remains a part of the state of Illinois. The fortunes of Kaskaskia started to wane following the shifting of the river. Its population steadily declined throughout the 1900s with only 9 people remaining in 2000. [John A. Weeks III]

Curtis Suthard, Mar 2019

Glen Prentice posted 11 photos with the comment:

Popeye Trail, Chester IL.

A Great little town that started with a Popeye statue at the Segar Memorial Park, in 1977.  Since then, they've added several more granite statues featuring the characters from the cartoon.  There's a detailed map, so they're easy to find.  They're permanent and all are there in terrific shape.

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Oto, IA: 1904 Wood Grain Elevator and Old Sinclair Gas Station

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Street View, May 2024

Street View, May 2024

Jerry Krug posted

"Revisiting Oto, Woodbury County, IA.

Westbrook-Gibbons Grain Co. Built in 1904. Bushel capacity unknown."

Photographed on 7/5/2026.

Photo and information courtesy of Wesley Peters.

I presume the round slabs are for bins that have been removed.

Satellite

I noticed this old gas 1920s or 30s gas station.

Street View, May 2024

It appears this is a preserved, rather than a typically restored, Sinclair station. I think those pumps are from the 1970s or 80s.

Street View, May 2024

The railroad was the IC. It was gone on the oldest map I could find, 1954.

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Lakemoor, IL: Johnson Forge

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I should check it out to see lineshafts in action.

Photo, Oct 2021

Photo, Oct 2021

Photo, Oct 2021

Unearth Illinois posted
No experience required: at a plain little shop in Lakemoor, Illinois, first-timers grip a hammer, strike glowing steel, and walk out holding something they made with fire and their own two hands. The walls crowded with old tools make your first swing feel like part of a craft far older than the building.
https://unearththevoyage.com/beginners-get-to-try.../..

Lamy, NM: (Amtrak+Brewery)/Santa Fe Depot

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Street View, Jun 2016

Paul Andrew posted
Lamy NM Station formerly along the AT&SF RR now a stop on Amtrak's SW Chief.

David George: Passed by this station a dozen years ago while on the Chief and made a mental note to visit it if I was ever in N.M. Last year I was and I did. I was able to photograph the station inside and out. They have since altered the interior a bit so I'm glad I got the photos when I did. Very few people get on or off in Lamy but the Chief stops every day.

They have some old box cars for storage.

Street View, Apr 2026

Daniel Williams, Dec 2024

Atheria in NM, Aug 2024

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Atheria in NM, Aug 2024