Chinaberry trees and blackberry vines surrounded the old chimney. A monument from days gone past, jutting from the red Georgia clay. I must have passed it a hundred times during my travels. Once I had ...

I recently ran across a (photograph of an abandoned stone chimney) in Olmos Park in the “Lonely Chimneys” section of a website (www.waymarking.com). I grew up in the area and became mighty curious.

Niagara Falls and Niagara County have no shortage of historical sites and destinations, from Old Fort Niagara to the Niagara State Reservation Park to Lockport’s Flight of Five locks. Niagara Falls ...