Why do I have a Tab on my Website called Nearly Abandoned?

What can we learn from things that are Abandoned or Nearly Abandoned or just plain Forgotten?  The old farm house, the one room school house with the roof caving in, the closed factory where people once earned their livelihood and supported their families. What about the forgotten railroad, that now leads to nowhere?  The answer for many people is absolutely nothing.  They drive by and don’t notice a thing. But like all things that are worthwhile in life; if we take the time to look a little bit closer, these things have a story to tell.  But what story and what can we learn from them?  The answer, at least to me, is where does my imagination take me?