Collapsed barn in flooded farmland with archival hole punch
Collapsed barn, FSA-OWI Collection, 1935-1944

Derelict Land

Land that has been used, ruined, and consequently abandoned by humans is peculiarly described as derelict—as if the land itself had become careless of its duties.

—Barbara Kingsolver

Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape

Abandoned mining town
Mining town, Western Survey, 1870s
Dust Bowl farmland
Dust Bowl devastation, FSA-OWI Collection, 1930s
Abandoned industrial site
Industrial site, FSA-OWI Collection
Abandoned railroad infrastructure
Railroad infrastructure, Western Survey
Abandoned homestead
Abandoned homestead, FSA-OWI Collection
Abandoned mining equipment
Mining equipment, Western Survey
Ghost town storefront
Ghost town, Western Survey
Abandoned farm equipment
Farm equipment, FSA-OWI Collection
Mining tailings
Mining tailings, Western Survey
Eroded agricultural land
Eroded land, FSA-OWI Collection
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