slgwv's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

slgwv

I'm a geologist by training and have taught at the University of Nevada, Reno. I've lived most of my life in the US west and currently reside outside Reno, Nevada. I like hiking and exploring 4wd roads, and continue to check out lots of out-of-the-way spots. A disclaimer: the infelicities in the text on a number of the places I've submitted are due to Atlas Obscura's editing. In case anyone's wondering, my avatar is a picture of Fissure Ridge, a volcanic eruptive center about 15 miles west of Gabbs, Nevada. In addition, more of my travels can be found at the Ipernity photo-sharing site:

http://www.ipernity.com/home/289859

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Flagstaff, Arizona

Monument to the Flagstaff Flag Staff

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Spanish Fork, Utah

Dream Mine

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Sedona, Arizona

Mayhew Lodge

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Williams, Arizona

Laws Spring

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Parachute, Colorado

Rulison Nuclear Test Site

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Montrose, Colorado

Museum of the Mountain West

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

CCC & POW Camp

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Williams, Arizona

Keyhole Sink

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Canyon Diablo

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

travisdewitz

Added by travisdewitz

Valentine, Arizona

Truxton Canyon Training School

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Kingman, Arizona

Hackberry General Store

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman Explosion Memorial

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Clark County, Nevada

Gold Butte National Monument

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Nikki Vargas

Added by Nikki Vargas

Baker City, Oregon

The Armstrong Nugget

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

hadleymeares

Added by hadleymeares

Lovell, Wyoming

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Added by ekoptev

Cañon City, Colorado

Skyline Drive

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Culberson County, Texas

McKittrick Canyon

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Culberson County, Texas

Guadalupe Peak

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Klamath, California

Klamath River Radar Station B71

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

The Black Cliffs

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Added by cait8lin

Litchfield, California

Secret - Abandoned Brothel

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Winthrop, Washington

Barron Ghost Town

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

Added by lykstadtrevor

Alamogordo, New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre