Discover Houston
11 carefully curated photography spots with GPS coordinates, shooting tips, and local insights
Piney Woods Overlook
A high point along a rural road with panoramic views of pine forests and rolling fields. Ideal for landscape, sunrise/sunset, and aerial (drone) photography.
Historic Spring Hill Schoolhouse
A one-room schoolhouse from the early 1900s, now preserved and surrounded by fields and hardwoods. Unique for historical, documentary, and rural life photography.
Backems Crossroads Homestead
A weathered, abandoned farmhouse with rusted roofing and sagging porches, evocative of the area’s agricultural past. Great for atmospheric, storytelling, and environmental portraits.
Old Cotton Gin Ruins, Spring Hill
Crumbling remains of an early 20th-century cotton gin, with rusted iron, weathered wood, and vine-covered brick. Great for abstract, historical, and industrial decay photography.
Wiregrass Fields at Backems Crossroads
Vast open fields of wiregrass, characteristic of the coastal plains region, bordered by pine forests. Ideal for landscape, golden-hour sunsets, and nature photography.
Murphy Millpond
A serene body of water surrounded by natural scenery, ideal for capturing peaceful landscapes and wildlife such as birds and fish.
Backems Crossroads General Store
A classic Southern country store with rustic charm, vintage signage, and old-fashioned gas pumps. The weathered wood and historic details make it ideal for Americana, street, and portraiture photography—especially for capturing rural Alabama life and character.
Backems Crossroads Cemetery
A quiet, shaded rural cemetery with weathered headstones dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries, surrounded by native pines and oaks. Excellent for historical, atmospheric, and storytelling photography.
Backems Crossroads Crossroads
The physical intersection itself, surrounded by open fields and flanked by the general store and church. Great for street, documentary, and landscape photography.
Backems Crossroads Church
A small historic church with simple white clapboard siding and a modest steeple—quintessential rural Southern church architecture. Ideal for portraits, historical, and cultural documentary photography.
Sylvan Grove
A rural area known for its natural beauty, offering opportunities for landscape and nature photography.