From Appalachian hollows to desert highways, I have spent twenty years documenting the overlooked places that still define the American landscape.
New York
A 115-foot tiered waterfall on Big Stream at Glenora, New York, once the heart of a milling hamlet called Big Stream
Connecticut
A twenty-foot cascade and a nineteenth-century grist mill foundation beside State Route 82 in Haddam, Connecticut.
West Virginia
A 202-acre lake in Fayette County, West Virginia, known for trophy bass and summer water lilies.
New York
Rondout Lighthouse is a historical, functional lighthouse on the Hudson River in Kingston, New York.
Kentucky
The Dawkins Line Rail Trail is a 36-mile trail open to hikers, bikers, and horseback riders in Kentucky.
Sherman Cahal is an author, historian, and photographer whose work documents the overlooked landscapes, historic infrastructure, abandoned places, and backroad communities of the United States. For more than two decades, he has traveled across 48 states recording covered bridges, railroads, industrial ruins, mountain roads, waterfalls, small towns, and the quiet remnants of American settlement. His work blends historical research with field photography, offering a grounded record of the places that remain just beyond the main road.