Lock the Door - Owens Valley - California

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Written By Elliot Koeppel

One of my favorite images from the Owens Valley area, not too far from Death Valley. I really love finding old stone ruin buildings like this. Was this a home, or a store? Maybe a storage facility of some kind. Back when it was built, the area was bustling. Local silver mines producing, a large smelting operation was located nearby. But mines play out, people move away and the desert slowly reclaims its own.

I’m glad to see someone locked the door before they left….


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It's tough to read, but it's creepy as heck, so maybe that's a good thing. Out on an old dam out in Joshua Tree National Park is this strange poem about Little William. https://youtu.be/Vs8MsLQy4jY . . . . #joshuatreenationalpark #jtnp #roadtrip #nat
Kearsarge Station. Neat place to stop and wander around a bit. . . . . #abandoned #railroad #kearsarge #california #hwy395 #395 #independencecalifornia #easternsierra @owensvalley #railroadstation #eclampusvitus
Spent a couple hours wandering about the Anaconda Gold Mine out at Joshua Tree National Park. Shrunk it down into a ten-minute YouTube video 😎 https://youtu.be/JqXHvQlNK2k . . . . #joshuatreenationalpark #jtnp #exploratography #goldmine #anacondagol
Did you know the same sculptor who made the Cabazon dinosaurs also worked at Knott's Berry Farm for many years and created most of the "Bench People" you see in Ghost Town. https://www.exploratography.com/blog-cal/the-bench-people-knotts-be

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