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Custer & The Sunbeam Hot Springs
Tucked away in one of the furthest reaches of the Yankee Fork, miles up an isolated gorge, lies the ghost town of Custer, Idaho. As I...
Ian
Apr 2


A Gargantuan Gold Dredge
With clear weather forecast for the next few days, I ventured deeper into the mountains toward the ghost towns of Custer and Bonanza....
Ian
Mar 17


Descent into the Land of the Wild Bunch
In a matter of moments after beginning my descent, I realized how big that fissure in the earth really was, and it was evident why that p...
Ian
Jan 10


Ghosts in the Land of Adams, Muir, and Roosevelt - Part 1
That morning my legs moved slowly, twisting and stretching a bit in recovery from trekking in the footsteps of countless others in that...
Ian
Nov 4, 2024


The Road to Zzyzx - Part 1
Out in the middle of the Mojave Desert lies an oasis most people never see, let alone hear about. With faded stucco buildings, peeling...
Ian
Aug 12, 2024


A Glimpse of Garnet
Standing above the haggard former mining outpost of Garnet, I felt like I was in the foreground of an old Charles Russell painting as the...
Ian
Mar 7, 2024


Route of the Hiawatha
The Hiawatha Trail and the Milwaukee Road are both routes that amble through the wilderness of the St. Joe Mountains and include looming,...
Ian
Jan 10, 2024


Cabinet Mountains & The Kootenai War of 1974
I woke up that morning along Howard Lake, under the watchful eye of Elephant Peak and was greeted with a bit of fresh snow on top of an...
Ian
Nov 11, 2023
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