A New Year Discovery

 I came across this strange structure in the woods today.  Actually, I've hiked right past it in the summertime but never saw it through the leaves.  It sits high on a crest above the Lake Trail, Raccoon Creek, some 300 feet from the path.

 There's a chimney--about 15 feet tall--and a terrace-like area, but no apparent fireplace.  Someone has put old chairs on the terrace, so it's been used for hunting. 

 Here are the openings, some of which have iron doors still intact.  Was it a furnace?  A kiln?  A place to burn rubbish?  What is this thing?  

Perhaps there was a campus or an institution of some kind here.  A factory or school.  There's nothing here now but this enigmatic chimney place, surrounded by snow and jaggers.