Jamestown, California
Eagle-Shawmut Mine
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
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Jamestown, California
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
Goleta, California
This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.
Carlsbad, California
The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.
Cantil, California
Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.
Paicines, California
After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Mohave County, Arizona
A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.
Elfrida, Arizona
An early 20th-century jail not far from the infamous Tombstone, Arizona.
Coconino County, Arizona
The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.
Payson, Arizona
The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.
Big Water, Utah
This hidden gem along the Utah-Arizona border is truly worth the rugged journey.
Waddell, Arizona
These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.
Tucson, Arizona
This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.
Buckeye, Arizona
A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.
Williams, Arizona
The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.
San Simon, Arizona
A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.
Ajo, Arizona
A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.
Kingman, Arizona
A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.
Tonalea, Arizona
The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of the Navajo Nation.
Parker, Arizona
This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.
Camp Verde, Arizona
Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.
Tucson, Arizona
Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.