Brooklyn Police Rear Entrance

Taken 10/19/2013
Brooklyn IA

Spaulding Front Entrance

Taken 10/19/2013
Grinnel IA

This is the sagging front entrance of the abandoned Spaulding Carriage and Automotive Works, where they made "horseless carriages" for a brief period in the early 20th century, being held up by huge pink braces. Yes, they once made cars in Iowa.

Self Portrait Through the Garage Door

 Taken 9/29/2013

The assignment for this week's photography class was to do a self-portrait. This is what I came up with...

The Rusty Door

7/13/2013
Colfax, IA

While attempting to find a better angle to shoot a huge Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco sign painted on the side of an old building in Colfax (that'll be posted later) I wandered down an alley. And came across this secretive rusty door. With no way of opening it from the outside...

The White House

The White House
7/3/2012
Glenham, SD

Steve's Bar & Grill

7/4/2012
Hartley, IA

Green Doors

6/29/2013
Woodland Cemetery
Des Moines, IA

*knock knock*

Who's there?

A bunch of dead people.

Chained

6/29/2013
Woodland Cemetery
Des Moines, IA

A chained mouseleum door. Makes you wonder if they're trying to keep people from getting in... or keep something from getting out.

Locker & Groceries

Lyman, IA
5/18/2013

I wonder what their produce section is like? 

Hub City Machine Works

Aberdeen, SD
7/3/2012

Pink & Blue

Pomeroy, IA
7/4/2012

Gray Door

State Center, IA
10/14/2012

For some reason this old depot looking building is sitting raised up on cinder blocks in State Center, IA... even though according to a sign over one of the doors it's from Zearing, IA.

Keep Your Livestock Healthy

State Center, IA
10/14/2012

Laundromat

Guthrie Center, IA
7/1/2012

Good Food

This door has fascinated me for a long time… probably because it’s three stories above the ground. Why is there a door that opens out 20 or 30 feet above the alley below?