Someone is cleaned up and ready to get dirty! I'm off for a week long Guys Ghost Town Trip in central Nevada. Tomorrow I will be exploring with the Godfather of Ghost Towns himself, Stan Paher then off to Tybo and Goldfield. On the way home I am photographing big horned sheep at Walker Lake with one of my favorite people. I have a variety of friends who will be in the area and exploring with ... VIEW POST
Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates
Hercules: Vulture & Jack Pot Mines, Nevada
Prospectors from Fairview discovered rich veins of gold north of Chalk Mountain on May 31, 1906. The town of Wonder was established in 1906 and soon a variety of businesses flourished including stores, restaurants, boarding houses and hotels, an assay office, stage service and saloons. Wonder 1907 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the early 1900s travel was by foot, or for the lucky ... VIEW POST
Heartwarming Weekend
I had the most heartwarming call this weekend. A man in a ghost town group saw my pictures of Chinese Grave. He told me about more Chinese graves and helped me find the location for my upcoming trip. He must have looked back in the group history, he found my pictures of the Pine Grove cleanup and asked me to call him. Out of the 30 graves where I left flowers, I shared only a few photos. One I ... VIEW POST
Key West, Florida
Key West has amazing history. We drove Seven Mile bridge, visited Hemingway House, Fort Zachary Taylor and took a tour of haunted sites. Construction on Fort Zachary started in 1845. Prior to the start of the Civil War it was occupied by the U.S. Navy’s East Gulf Coast blockade squadron. The fort didn't see action but the 10-inch Rodman and Columbiad cannons were a deterrent to the ... VIEW POST
Tonopah Air Base, Nevada
Darn it, I was hoping to share my weekend plans but details are up in the air. If it works out it will be visiting an amazing ghost town and mining site most people haven't had access to with an even more amazing travel partner. Either way, I will be out having fun. This is the WWII secret B17 Hangar at the Tonopah Army Air Field. This section was marked no trespassing but the wonderful ... VIEW POST
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