Abandoned Places

CarsonCindy

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Staff member

• Mar 7, 2013

• #1

One of the things we love to do is to explore old abandoned places left for nature to reclaim. This thread is dedicated to those places.

MANZANAR AIRFIELD
Here are a few hi-res pics of our recent trip out to the abandoned Manzanar Airfield:

 

TRAMjam

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• Mar 7, 2013

• #2

Very nice! My favorite places to explore were the abandoned mines of Arizona and ghost towns of Arizona when I lived there.

 

Linebacker

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #3

I just can't get enough of your fantastic photos and history lessons.:yup: Although I've never been to the Owens Valley, I am slightly familiar with its history with LA water supply and the WWII interment camp. Good or bad it is a part of our history. Here's the airfield in 1943. Thank you Bing images.:thumb:

 

GCM 2

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #4

X marks the spot.... C

...and RubiCat found it. Beautiful hi-res shots :thumb:

 

Bullwinckle

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #5

Sweet pics I love abandoned places here's a few...

An old cabin




A road less traveled






Ray

 

Linebacker

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #6

JKRay said:

Sweet pics I love abandoned places here's a few...


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A road less traveled

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Very nice photo of an interesting cabin. BTW Ray, is your spare lashed down in the bed?:yup:

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RamP

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #7

This is a great site started by a friend I grew up with. It's not necessarily Jeep related but has great shots none the less. Some if the insane asylum stuff is creepy.
http://www.abandonedny.com/?m=1

 

Bullwinckle

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #8

Linebacker said:

Very nice photo of an interesting cabin. BTW Ray, is your spare lashed down in the bed?:yup:

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Actually I don't have a spare :crazyeyes: but if I did I would put it in the back.



Ray

 

catahoula

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #9

This is a cool thread. I might have some additions.

 

Linebacker

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• Mar 8, 2013

• #10

If you have visited the San Juan Mtns. in Southern Co. you have probably been to the Animas Forks ghost town near the mining town of Silverton. This home with the Bay window was once owned by Thomas Walsh who later discovered The Camp Bird Mine in nearby Ouray. The 2011 JKX made this a stop on Day 4, I think. It produced about $5k a day and has been operated off and on to this day. Thomas Walsh is most famous for presenting his daughter with the Hope Diamond for a wedding present. Fortunately, over the years local groups have worked to keep it propped up during the harsh winters and give it a little TLC from time to time. Some parts of the home still have linen backed wallpaper on the walls. I plan to visit it again this summer.

 

Kenny-g

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• May 21, 2013

• #11

Does an abandoned bench seat count? lol on my local trails yesterday I came across this on a peninsula overlooking the reservoir/water. Took the shot cause I knew y'all liked abandoned pics

 

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Stickmann7

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• Jun 3, 2013

• #12

Will be in the San Juans again in Sept., this time w/deep cherry red pearl 2012 JK Sport...heading up to do mtn. passes in the Alpine Loop! Animas Forks is a must!! I know that house well....

Live by the words of Thomas A. Edison, he was a very smart man. . ."If you never grow up, you never grow old."

 

nmwranglerx

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• Jun 3, 2013

• #13

nice thread

Man that airfield is awesome.....got to get out there and do some photography....here's one of mine from San Juan's, Governor's Basin if I remember correctly....

 

nmwranglerx

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• Jun 3, 2013

• #14

couple more from Animas Forks:



found some bones on the windowsill

 

catahoula

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• Jun 4, 2013

• #15

nmwranglerx said:

couple more from Animas Forks:

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found some bones on the windowsill

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Nice pics!

 

catahoula

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• Jun 5, 2013

• #16

Couple of pics from North Carolina.

 

Serg5000

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• Jun 5, 2013

• #17

Big Horn Mine in Wrightwood Ca.

 

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Serg5000

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• Jun 5, 2013

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the cabin in the snow.

 

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catahoula

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• Jun 13, 2013

• #19

Nice shots guys!




Little cabin in North Carolina.

 

groovebus

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• Jun 13, 2013

• #20

This is Beek's Place. It's on the top of the Santa Ana Mountains between Orange and Riverside County. Must have been an old homestead. It looks like the house was made of the surrounding rocks. If you find yourself at this place chances are you are in for about an hour and a half drive back the way you came, since they have closed all the gates down from the Main Divide rd. on the north end of the mountain range. I found this out the hard way. All the rich people got tired of people offroaders driving through their streets. Bedford rd is the last way down if you are heading north from Maple Springs rd.

 

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