From Appalachian hollows to desert highways, I have spent twenty years documenting the overlooked places that still define the American landscape.
New York
Four waterfalls, one glen — the payoff grows the farther upstream you go.
Michigan
A biology teacher's idea in 1929 became five million tulips every May.
New York
West Virginia
West Virginia's 860-acre natural area of striking rocks and trails.
Kentucky
Kentucky's tallest peak, home to rare wildlife and a saved summit.
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.