Bannerman’s Castle on the Hudson
On a lonely island fifty miles north of New York City, the bricks of a once-proud castle slowly return to the earth. The crumbling...
Empire: Abandoned Company Town of Nevada
A company town is a town where all property and services are owned by the employer. For an employer who plies its trade in...
Ishi: The Last Wild North American Indian
Guest Post Series words by Cary O'Dell It was August of 1911, when Sheriff J.B. Webber of Oroville, California, got word of a strange “savage” found...
World’s Largest Super Collider: Abandoned
A supercollider is a large ring designed to accelerate particles of protons and anti-protons until they collide. Its purpose is to create large amounts...
Pressmen’s Home, Tennessee: Relic From a Bygone Era
Located in the hills of Eastern Tennessee, this abandoned complex was once home to the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America....
Eagle Mountain, CA: From Boom to Bust to Boom to Bust
The United States has many ghost towns scattered throughout the West. Most have the same story: A deposit of some precious metal is discovered,...
