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Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.