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UNDERGROUND 2016

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: April 3, 2017
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns

This annual 3-day event allows explorers of all skill levels access to miles of underground mines that were once some of the most profitable in the Death Valley region.

ABANDONED MOJAVE MILL: A PHOTO ESSAY

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: December 2, 2016
Category: Abandoned, Mines/Ghost Towns

Exploring a former hard rock precious metals processing and extraction facility that’s slowly decaying in Mojave NP. ]

GHOST CAMP[ING] IN THE MOJAVE DESERT: A PHOTO ESSAY

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: September 23, 2016
Category: Abandoned, Mines/Ghost Towns

Camping in an old abandoned mining camp out in the Mojave Desert.

VERTICAL MINE SHAFT EXPLORATION: RANDSBURG, CA

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: September 5, 2016
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns

On a recent camping and mine exploration trip out in the Mojave Desert, I explored my first vertical shaft which plunged 15 stories deep into the earth.

RETURN TO OLD DUTCH

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: September 2, 2016
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns, Sacred/Spiritual

There’s something about the Old Dutch Cleanser Mine that keeps me coming back for more.

SAND CANYON: HIGHWAY 395

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: July 3, 2016
Category: Nature/Hikes

Sand Canyon (AOCE) provides sanctuary to over 100 species of birds and is the site of an historic LADWP Aqueduct Camp & swimming hole.

ARNE’S ROYAL HAWAIIAN MOTEL: ABANDONED

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: June 16, 2016
Category: 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.

ABANDONED HOUSE SUNRISE: ROSAMOND, CA

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: June 15, 2016
Category: Abandoned

Watching the sun come up from an abandoned house out in the Mojave Desert might not be everyone’s idea of a good time but I’m not like everyone else.

TECOPA, CA

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: June 6, 2016
Category: Abandoned, Mines/Ghost Towns

This former mining town, with its healing waters, incredible landscape, abandoned treasures and rich mining history, is a great place to explore on your way to Death Valley National Park.

WELCOME TO HICKSVILLE

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: December 8, 2015
Category: Obscure

Getting cocky at Hicksville Trailer Palace and Artist Retreat in Joshua Tree, CA.

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