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New Idria
Paicines, California

New Idria Ghost Town

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.
Snow geese fly away from Montana's Berkeley Pit after a sunrise hazing in 2021.
science

At Montana's Infamous Berkeley Pit, Saving Lives Means Hazing Birds

Engineers and ecologists have considered everything from lasers to cannons to keep waterfowl out of the toxic water.
Sarah Trent April 10, 2023
Yerington pit lake, May 2015. The road on the pit wall to the right indicates the relative depth.
Yerington, Nevada

Yerington Pit (Anaconda Copper Mine)

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.
Bunker from the front
Sudbury, Massachusetts

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.
View from the hilltop.
Brooks, Kentucky

Valley of the Drums

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.
Directing water from a cave spring to drinking water containers in Corozal, Puerto Rico, in October 2017.
disasters

The Hidden Problems With Puerto Rico's Water Supply

Hurricane Maria exacerbated long-term issues, and researchers are only just starting to understand how.
Sarah Laskow March 5, 2018
mines

The Self-Proclaimed Center of the Universe is in Wallace, Idaho

This came as a surprise to New York City.
Tao Tao Holmes July 13, 2016
abandoned

Even in a Toxic Pit, There Is Life

Sarah Laskow May 7, 2015
Times Beach, Missouri
Eureka, Missouri

Times Beach, Missouri

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
Picher, Oklahoma

Picher

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Vacant houses & street in Love Canal
Niagara Falls, New York

Love Canal Containment Zone

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.
TNT igloo hidden by overgrowth.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.