I Love: Small Towns

This post was originally going to be a post about the trees that I love. I found some great images. Then I started to look for burr oak pictures and I came upon photos from Burr Oak, IA. These pictures were so quintessentially small town America that I couldn't quit looking at them and for them. The search led me to photos from Oakridge, TN, Athens, OH (I graduated from Ohio University, so this town holds a special place in my heart), and Johnstown, PA.

The tree that started it all

Burr Oak, IA water tower

Small towns are full of links to the past that have, unfortunately, seen better days

Burr Oak, IA

Johnstown, PA

Athens Lunatic Asylum, Athens, OH (this has since been restored and is part of Ohio University, though some say that it is haunted)

Athens, OH


Johnstown, PA

But they are also full of pieces of our past that have been lovingly cared for


Oakridge, TN


Johnstown, PA

They are visual representations of the history of our country


Athens, OH


Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Burr Oak, IA


Oak Ridge, TN


Johnstown, PA


Thunder in the Valley, Johnstown ,PA

They are wild and beautiful


Burr Oak, IA


Burr Oak, IA


Oak Ridge, TN


Oak Ridge, TN

They are kitschy and quaint


Oakridge, TN


Burr Oak, IA


Johnstown, PA


Athens, OH

They are covered bridges


Athens, OH


Oakridge, TN


Johnstown, PA

They are the mossy monuments and bleached statues of our ancestors


Athens Lunatic Asylum Cemetery, Athens, OH


Johnstown, PA


Burr Oak, IA


Athens, OH

While the city may be where it's at, small town America holds the soul, the history, tells us who we are. I love small towns.