THE OTHER SIDE OF LONE PINE, CA
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While the majority of travelers either drive straight through it or only focus their attention on the beautiful scenic attractions located west of Hwy 395, there’s a whole other side of Lone Pine, CA that’s just as exciting to explore.
Read MoreCALIFORNIA ALKALI COMPANY RUINS: CARTAGO, CA
In 1917, Cartago became the company town for the California Alkali Company, which refined soda ash and other saline minerals from the brines and salt deposits of Owens Lake.
Read MoreUNDERGROUND 2018: A PHOTO ESSAY
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- Category: Mines/Ghost Towns
Traveling back to the outskirts of Tecopa, CA to spend my third year exploring the Shoshone Mines at Underground 2018.
Read MoreGHOST MINE: EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA
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Sitting at an elevation of 8000 feet in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, this ghost mine operated from 1909 to 1938.
Read MoreABANDONED MOJAVE MILL: A PHOTO ESSAY
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Exploring a former hard rock precious metals processing and extraction facility that’s slowly decaying in Mojave NP. ]
Read MorePORT OF TILLAMOOK BAY ABANDONED RAILROAD HIKE: SALMONBERRY RIVER, OREGON
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This 10 mile hike along an abandoned railroad travels through numerous tunnels, bridges, and lush riparian forests as it makes its way through the rugged and remote Salmonberry River Canyon in Oregon’s Tillamook State Forest.
Read MoreCOALDALE, NEVADA [ABANDONED]
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This abandoned highway roadside ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada was built on coal and destroyed by gas.
Read MoreSOYLENT ANNOYMENT
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When the CEO from LA based meal-replacement startup Soylent, decided to plop a red shipping container on top of a Northeast LA hilltop that’s cherished for its open space, not everyone was welcoming.
Read MoreDOWN AND OUT IN YERINGTON, NV
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After getting cop block’d while exploring the abandoned Sage Crest Drive-In in Yerington, I headed over to the former mining town of Weed Heights to check out the recently designated Superfund site of the massive Anaconda Copper Mine.
Read MoreARNE’S ROYAL HAWAIIAN MOTEL: ABANDONED
Opened in 1957 in Baker, CA, Arne’s Royal Hawaiian Motel had a great run until economic hardship following the Great Recession finally closed it down for good in 2009.
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