Photo Friday

This poor house looked like it was crying for attention when I spotted it as we were driving along a muddy road in northwest Michigan’s Port Oneida Rural Historic in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Tim stopped the car and we got out to take a few photos of the abandoned house perched precariously on a long-abandoned plot of land in the deserted town.

Read about Port Oneida’s history, the story of the Weaver home depicted here and efforts to celebrate the area’s role in northern Michigan’s agricultural and logging history in my story about this designated historic district.

Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.

© Dominique King

Comments

[amida]

Wow, that is one rickety house! It must be very popular around Halloween -- just don't sneeze.

[marina villatoro]

the house looks like a scared old lady with two teeth left at the bottom of her mouth. great shot!!!
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[Lorraine]

Oouuuu, this would be a great shot at Halloween. It has a "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" look to it.

[Angela K. Nickerson]

I have such a weakness for houses that are falling down. They just invite stories, don't they?
Ciao!

[Jen]

Like Angela, I have a weakness for things that are disappearing. I love to take pictures and help them come back to life again in photos!

[Dominique]

Amida-I wonder if they do anything special with the house around Halloween, but I kind of doubt that they do...because of the house's precarious condition, they discourage people from entering it.

Marina-This shot put me in mind of "the scream" or something similar, too!

Lorraine-I love these spooky shots, and I'd love to go back in October to get shots with the fall foilage.

Angela-I wondered about the story behind this house, and it made the house appear even more sad after I learned its history. Of course, you could make up your own story, too!

Jen-I think that's part of the charm of the idea behind setting this area aside as a rural historic district. It recalls a disappearing piece of northern Michigan history.

[Brandon]

I thought the same thing -- Halloweeen! -- when I logged on and saw this photo. But my thoughts were going to a good ole fashion Jack O'Lantern. Funny how a lot of use personified it!