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This abandoned farmstead was located just North of Forbes. This property has several out building along with a house that was partially hidden by trees. I did see this on the way to Forbes. Cyndie was too busy surveying the gazetteer to notice this nugget of abandonment. I wanted to stop, but figured we would on the way back through – our first goal was to get to the school.

It was already 1:00 p.m. when we got to the abandoned school in Forbes. I wanted to burn some of the harsh mid-day light there and hope for a tamer glow later on at the farm and hopefully other sites. We spent some time in Forbes shooting the sites. There were several other locations of interest. It was 3:45 p.m. by the time we returned to the farmstead and there was still plenty of bright light. It was a gorgeous day; sadly we spent a fair chuck of the day in the car getting here. It was all good though as we were in the middle of an abandoned haven of sorts.

I’ve been following Ghosts of North Dakota for a while now and have been eyeing up various locations to photograph. This site has no shortages, but only seeming endless supply of possible places to shoot. Cyndie and I had an opportunity recently to go to North Dakota and search for abandoned structures to shoot. We used this site to pick out a few areas of interest to begin. We figured that we would wander around from town to town. We found numerous abandoned homes and farmsteads outside of the various town listed on this site.

Our first stop was Forbes, ND. This teeny tiny town is situated right on the border of North and South Dakota in Dickey County. The abandoned school there looked very interesting. A bright sunny afternoon provided for some great light to photograph this wonderful mess of an abandoned school. At some point, someone must have played some paint ball in the school or just walked around shooting paint balls everywhere. It added a titch of interesting color to an otherwise fairly drab interior.