A YEAR. THE COMPANY INSTALLING THE WI- FI IT HAS TO FIND A PLACE TO INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY WILL KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING. TONIGHT AT 7:30, TARHEEL TRAVELER HAS HALF-HOUR SPECIAL THE STORIES OF FOND MEMORIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. >> STORY DOES HAVE. >> WE FIND SCOTT MASON WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURING VANISHING AMERICANA. >> Reporter: AS WE TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, WE OFTEN SEE OLD BUILDINGS AND BARNS, DRIVE-IN BURGER JOINTS AND CREAKY HARDWARE STORES. AMAN NAMED MIKE LASSITER SEES THEM TO COPE THROUGH THE LENS OF HIS MINOLTA. MIKE IS FROM IREDELL COUNTY AND CAPTURED WITH HIS CAMERA OUR VANISHING AMERICANA, A NORTH CAROLINA PORTRAIT. >> I GET INTO MY CAR WITH MY CAMERA AND MASK AND DRIVE THROUGH THE COUNTY UNTIL I FIND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IF IT WAS GENERAL STORE, HARDWARE STORE, OLD HEATER OR GROCERY, OLD FILLING STATION, THOSE TYPE OF LACES. >> Reporter: PLACES LIKE TURNER HARDWARE IN MOORESVILLE. >> THERE IS MORE THAN THE BUILDING. UNIQUE THIS IS INSIDE. THE CEO OF THE STORIES BEHIND THE COUNTER. >> Reporter: JACK MOORE HAS WORKED HERE SINCE 1946. >> I'VE BEEN HERE 61 YEARS THIS YEAR. >> THIS STORE HAS BEEN HIS LIFE AND HIS SON IS WORKING WITH HIM WHO WILL HANDED DOWN TO HIS SON. I SENSE THEY ARE ABOUT AT THE END OF THE LINE, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT FOR THESE PLACES TO MAKE IT. >> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY MIKE LASSITER SET OUT TO DOCUMENT IT, THE PAST. NOW FROZEN ON THE PAGE. HOW MANY MILES DID YOU TRAVEL? >> CLOSE TO 35,000., THE COUNTIES? >> ALL 100. >> Reporter: THE MANY PICTURES? >> 1500. WATER BURGER DRIVE AND NUMBER 11. THIS IS BEEN HERE SINCE 1965. DRIVE-IN, DRIVE-UP, ORDER, GET A SUN DROP. THIS IS DAVIS GENERAL STORE, BEEN HERE SINCE 1890. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CHARLOTTE. >> WE SELL EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU WANT. I LOVE BOTH PLACES. I HATE TO SEE THEM TEAR IT DOWN. >> Reporter: WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF PLACES LIKE THIS? >> AT THE PRESENT RATE IT IS NOT VERY GOOD. >> Reporter: BUT THERE IS THE BOOK. >> I THINK OF BARBERSHOPS WHERE KENWOOD HAS BEEN CUTTING HAIR SINCE 1927 OR THE OLD SHELL STATION IN WINSTON-SALEM IN THE SHAPE OF AN OLD SHELL WITH THE GLASS TOPS IN FRONT OR THE OLD THEATER WHERE I USED TO GO TO MOVIES ON FRANKLIN STREET IN CHAPEL HILL, BEEN HERE SINCE 1927. IT CAPTURES A PART OF OUR CULTURE GONE FOREVER OR WILL BE GONE FOREVER AND WE WILL BE LEFT WITH ABOUT HOMOGENOUS SOCIETY. >> Reporter: ARE SOME OF THE PLACES IN THE BOOK NO LONGER AROUND? >> QUITE A FEW OF THEM. ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENTS I HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT THE BOOK IS JUST THANK YOU. THINKING MEET FOR DOING THE BOOK. THEY HAVE SOMETHING, A RECORD OF THESE PLACES. >> FASCINATING. MIKE LASSITER PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS NORTH CAROLINA TRAVELS AND ROAMED FURTHER SOUTH HAVING JUST RELEASED A SECOND BOOK, THIS ONE CALLED, VANISHING AMERICANA A SOUTH CAROLINA PORTRAIT.