Lost

The Lost American history book series reunites the stories and imagery of beautifully forgotten places, towns, and buildings in America. Explore the stories of the automotive companies who tried to make it big in the Motor City, only to fail. Visit Hammond, Indiana, once known as “Atlantic City on the Lake.” Dive deep into the underwater ghost towns of North Georgia, eat along Gertrude Stein at the Maramor, or trek through the tunnels of Cincinnati’s incomplete subway. From abandoned ski areas to sunken plantations, getting lost has never been so rewarding! [View all Lost books]
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Cover image for Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains, isbn: 9781467144124
Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains
Tim Hollis
$23.99
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Lost Towns of North Carolina
Heather Leah
$24.99
Cover image for Vintage Outer Banks, isbn: 9781596295087
Vintage Outer Banks
Sarah Downing
$21.99
Tim Hollis

Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains

9781467144124

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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is among the most visited national parks in the country, and countless attractions around its borders have tried for decades to siphon some of those valuable tourist dollars. From ersatz western towns and concrete dinosaurs to misplaced Florida-type attractions and celebrity theaters, you will find them all preserved in this book. Author Tim Hollis showcases those businesses that no longer exist, from Hill-Billy Village in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg’s theme parks on the Tennessee side to the motels of Cherokee and Ghost Town in the Sky on the North Carolina side.
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Heather Leah

Lost Towns of North Carolina

9781467159791

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Forgotten History in the Tar Heel State

Take an adventure through ruins of ghost towns and lost communities in the Old North State. Explore isolated settlements like Lost Cove, hidden so deep in the mountains that no roads reach it. Ferry out to Portsmouth Island, where a ghost town has withstood multiple wars and generations of hurricanes. Explore the ruins of Brunswick Town, a port community of secret rebels destroyed in the Revolutionary War as punishment for “treason” against the British. Visit decaying remains in Snow Camp, a community that sheltered freedom seekers in the Underground Railroad.

Author Heather Leah details the lost and forgotten towns of North Carolina.


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Sarah Downing

Vintage Outer Banks

9781596295087

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In this never-before-assembled collection of lost landmarks, historian Sarah Downing evokes the Outer Banks of yesteryear.


Drawn from the vast collections of the Outer Banks History Center and from locals mourning the forever changed character of the area, these vintage images reflect the hotels, stores, restaurants and bandstands that appeared in the boom time following World War II but have since been lost to progress. An honorary native, Downing has preserved the Pirate's Ball at Nags Head Casino, Doc Watson playing at the Sound Side on Kitty Hawk Bay and grits at the El Gay in this collection of hangouts and haunts of yesterday's summer.

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