It began as a distillery in 1621, in Berlin, and today Zur Letzen Instanz claims to be the city’s oldest pub. The old buildings, one dating back to 1561, were renovated in recent years.
Photo via City Lights
![“A farm boy takes a break from his labors in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota – September 1939.”
[Photographer - John Vachon]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz52knXK0o1qjj0cdo1_500.jpg)
Oddly, food continues to keep us all going, each and every day.
Spirit of ‘18 on Flickr.
(Source: vintascope)
McCormick Distilling is “the oldest continuously operating distillery west of the Mississippi at the original location.” Established, 1856, in Weston, Missouri.
Swearingen, Texas, where this ruined farmhouse sits, is a Texas ghost town. Named for the owner of the OX Ranch, the town was founded in 1908. By 1913 it was thriving—by 1930, the ranch was dissolved and the town began its decline.
One man remembers this house: “The farmhouse shown on your website belonged to my grandparents – John Tannahill and Nora Stockton Tannahill. And my sister and I grew up going to that house as a weekend getaway from our home in Wichita Falls, TX. It never did have running water – but did get electricity. We also had butane. Our mother, Laura Tannahill Doing, often talked about how the school teacher would live in one of the downstairs rooms of the house. John Tannahill was a ranch manager and also had the grocery store in Swearingen.”
Via TexasEscapes Photo by Erik Whetstone.
