On the Schoodic Peninsula in Maine, diabase dikes intruded an older granite. Diabase is the equivalent of basalt that solidified underground. The diabase intruded upward from the mantle into fractures in the overlying granite. This occurred 195 million years ago and...
In late 2021, we started reclaiming the stone from this old barn in central Montana. The walls had collapsed in many places. The stonemasons that built this barn in the late 19th century collected the sandstone from the surrounding ranch. This sandstone is from the...
The Cotswolds are a region of beautiful stone villages scattered among undulating limestone hills about 100 kilometers west of London. Appearing much as they did hundreds of years ago, the stone villages of the Cotswolds provide a unique view of 17th- and 18th-century...
Tuscany has some of the most beautiful stone buildings in the world. The stone buildings in Tuscany were constructed over many centuries with many different kinds of stone, often with stone reclaimed from previous structures. Although there is no single Tuscan style...
Ireland has fabulous examples of stone masonry spanning many centuries. These few images only scratch the surface of what is there. The famous Rock of Cashel, shown above, is a group of 12th and 13th century structures in County...
The eastern U.S., particularly southeastern Pennsylvania, has a lot of attractive 18th- and 19th-century farm houses and mills built from stone. Unlike that shown above, most of the stone used in these houses is irregular fieldstone. Although there may be others, I...