As you drive around Delaware outside the big cities, there’s one thing you can count on: seeing lovely old barns. From the gently rolling hills of the piedmont to the coastal plains, there’s much to admire when traveling though the rural areas of The First State.

Barns are one of those alluring items that dot the horizon, making you wait in anticipation as you grow slowly closer to admire them. Photographers love barns. Here are 21 photos capturing the essence of beautiful old barns in Delaware through the years.

  1. Dover

Flickr/Mike Mahaffle

  1. Smyrna

Flickr/Joe Nestlerode

  1. Rural Delaware

Flickr/jaben90

  1. Newark

Flickr/Thomas

  1. Near Milton

Flickr/pwbaker

  1. Seaford

Flickr/W Griffith

  1. Sandtown

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

  1. Near Laurel

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

  1. Lewes

Flickr/Mike Mahaffle

  1. Near Newark

Flickr/schwa021

  1. Northern Delaware

Flickr/TC Davis

  1. Odessa

Flickr/Lee Cannon

  1. Near Sussex

Flickr/Lee Cannon

  1. Near Lewes

Flickr/Mike Mahaffle

  1. Outside Wilmington

Flickr/TC Davis

  1. Sussex County

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

  1. Kent County

Flickr/Mike Mahaffle

  1. Sussex County

Flickr/Lee Cannon

  1. Rural Delaware

Flickr/WebbShots

  1. Near Smyrna

Flickr/Michael Husk

  1. Williamsville

Flickr/Lee Cannon

If you find these barns captivating, then check out 14 secret spots in Delaware where nature will completely relax you.

Flickr/Mike Mahaffle

Flickr/Joe Nestlerode

Flickr/jaben90

Flickr/Thomas

Flickr/pwbaker

Flickr/W Griffith

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

Flickr/schwa021

Flickr/TC Davis

Flickr/Lee Cannon

Flickr/WebbShots

Flickr/Michael Husk

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