Scotland

From Holly Springs, I headed north along a little country road that was lined with tall wildflowers. I stopped at a few places for pictures, and really hoped that there would be a scenic old barn sitting there surrounded by those flowers. But no luck, but at least the flowers were pretty.



Further down the road was an old abandoned house, nearly completely hidden by overgrown vegetation. Out front was a slightly-ominous sounding "DEAD END" sign.



But it also had also had a few wildflowers growing out front too.



I made it to the small community of Scotland, which sits in southwestern Van Buren County. There is a nice collection of older buildings in Scotland, which was settled back in the 1870s. I'm guessing that this used to be some sort of store...



The old post office (which probably dates from the 1930s?) is abandoned but still standing.





A small bed of wildflowers were growing in front of another old building sitting next door to the old post office.



The old buildings sat in the shadows of massive trees, which stretched high above them into the sky.



Across the street was another old building, with more wildflowers growing up by some newspaper boxes awaiting their deliveries.



On the outskirts of Scotland was this old barn, which has a few thick vines growing up on it.



The barn was by this old house, which doesn't look likes it's lived in much anymore. But at least it's taken care of, someone had recently mowed the grass in front (in its Scotland Yard?).





Nearby was a field that was covered in a sea of wildflowers, so I stopped for one last shot before heading back home.