I know that I'm speaking from a different time in history, a different perspective, a different mindset, but I have to wonder what would make a family walk off and leave something as big as a barn or that big old house, which had to have been pretty nice in it's time. It's just a bit of a puzzle to me, one I've been trying to piece together for years.
Another thing that strikes me about these photos is that Missouri must house the largest variety of barn styles I've ever seen. But, of course that's because of it being a pioneering state and seeing people from all over the world and their different styles of architecture. That one stumped me for a while, too!