Thank you for listening to the premiere episode of "Stories from the attic." Creating a regular series of audio presentations has been a...

Vintage negatives...of a plane crash? I’m in! I admit it. I have more items than the time to go through them all. While searching for...

This card tumbled out of a book from the 1890s and has become another wonderful adventure down the rabbit hole of research. The Civil...

There it was, almost finished - A short subject Vietnam documentary made from the two 8mm reels and the one audio reel that I had...

If you continue to drop in and read about the things I have found - I promise - I will share tips that are guaranteed to lead you to some...

Estate sales can be as dull as ditch water or as fascinating as a museum of world history. The likelihood that it will be the former and...

I only do this Urban Archeology thing for the coincidences, serendipity, synchronicity I had just finished the book on CD version of...

The part of Urban Archeology that I enjoy most are the myriad rabbit holes of history that I am allowed to run down. I recently came...

As an Urban Archeologist it's not always easy choosing which direction to go each weekend. Connecticut? New York? I am surrounded by...

An Urban Archeologist needs all the help he (or she) can get. Tips often come from the unlikeliest of sources and my latest dig was no...

On an unseasonably warm November Saturday morning I was standing in a nearly full roll-off dumpster. I had just run an errand for my wife...

This postcard from my collection has more to say than just “Merry Christmas!”  The fact that it’s 90 years old is just the beginning. The...

I could tell you the secret strategy to finding treasure at sales, but if you follow this blog the truth will be revealed...again, and...

Warren Zevon has been gone many years now, but I still miss him and his brand of music. (this image courtesy of the chuck spang gallery)...

This is a social sport and you can win by talking to everyone you meet. I found this story because I chatted it up with someone at a sale...