Capturing Haunts With Pixel and Film

Do you ever drive along a familiar road and anticipate the sight of something around the next bend you have seen a hundred times before? Maybe it's an old yellow house with a deteriorating rose arbor, an abandoned store or a rusty car like the one your grandpa use to drive. I'm always a little fearful the next time I pass that it will have vanished from the landscape a victim of time or change.
   There is a house near mine that I have photographed from the street many times.

I love the mysterious way it looks hidden in the trees.

Recently I asked the owner if I could photograph it up close.

Weather and time have not been kind to this old girl but in her years she still sparks the imagination. How old was the person who lived in this room? What did they dream as they peered out the window?

I was told she will be torn down soon, too old, too far gone for repair. It will be sad to see her leave. I will take my captured views of this haunt and store them for posterity. Because I want to remember and  because someday someone might look at the faded images and find imaginations there as well.
What are the places along your traveled road that inspire you and make you smile?
Why not consider capturing a few of your own.
      
Follow this link to my flickr site for "vintage signs" I'm collecting.