+Jeepster++ Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 PCD-16: Ozymandias GCRZPN Castle Point GCZW1Z - another view Quote Link to comment
JASTA 11 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) Here's a few photos at our most recent DNF: Cellar hole Old well We'll post some more, and better pictures from when we go back after this one again. Edited February 20, 2008 by JASTA 11 Quote Link to comment
+corpsman223 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 What a great thread. Quote Link to comment
+McDowra Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 My Favorite thread Quote Link to comment
+Scooter Bill Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Low Gap School Ruins GC185JW Quote Link to comment
southpawaz Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I visited these ruins today here in Arizona. A Hohokam indian village estimated at 900 - 1000 years old on top of a mesa overlooking what is now Lake Pleasant. The caches I was hunting were Wild Burro (.4 miles east) and Sea Snail(.6 miles north). Quote Link to comment
+Ockette Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Here's one I found yesterday, though this isn't my picture. Bellingham, WA Whatcome Falls Trestle - GC17HZD There's a lot of this old trestle scattered through the woods. Look at Torched Trestle (GCR4MY). All pretty easy caches. Quote Link to comment
+team moxiepup Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 This thread needs to be brought forward again. Lots of great sites! We recently made a trip to check on our cache, The Twilight Zone. We snapped a few more pictures of some of the ruins seen at various locations along the trail. The Gambo Gunpowder Mill. A few of several foundations along the way. The buildings were spaced far apart as a safety precaution in the event of explosions. Not sure how well that worked though. Moxie on the towpath that makes up most of the trail. One of the spots where the canal was connected to the side of the path where the buildings were. A broken millstone In the general vicinity of the cache. Lets keep this thread going! Show us your pics of caches found "among the ruins"! Quote Link to comment
+Cache-Bandits Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 How about this one? We found it driving from Oklahoma to Washington. It seems to be some kind of abandoned silver mine complex. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...51-5f49ca08aeac Quote Link to comment
Skippermark Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Part of an old quarry near where I live. Quote Link to comment
+Sparrowhawk Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 A whole lotta locations like this Enjoy! Quote Link to comment
+slackpacker Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 This is one of my favorite threads, thought I'd make a contribution from last evening's trip to Lullwater Estate, former home to the Candler family (Coke heirs) and now owned by Emory University in Atlanta - believe this structure, which is adjacent to an old dam, was once part of power generation for the mansion. It has latin inscriptions written in it and would be a very cool night cache - Quote Link to comment
+Chief919 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 GCG45B is a great one outside Asheville, an old pumping station full of lots of heavy machinery. Quote Link to comment
+Dgwphotos Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Here's one I found yesterday, though this isn't my picture. Bellingham, WA Whatcome Falls Trestle - GC17HZD There's a lot of this old trestle scattered through the woods. Look at Torched Trestle (GCR4MY). All pretty easy caches. That looks interesting. Maybe if I get up to that area any time soon, I'll try to do it. Quote Link to comment
+succotash Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 This is one of my favorite threads, thought I'd make a contribution from last evening's trip to Lullwater Estate, former home to the Candler family (Coke heirs) and now owned by Emory University in Atlanta - believe this structure, which is adjacent to an old dam, was once part of power generation for the mansion. It has latin inscriptions written in it and would be a very cool night cache - We love this thread too... and thought that picture looked familiar! This was the favorite of the four caches we did on the Emory Campus that day and we have this photo on our fridge. Quote Link to comment
+photogal928 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 This was the first cache I ever found ... still one of my favorites. No one is quite sure of the story behind the place, but someone started building a home nestled in the rocks on a hillside but abandoned their work before it was complete. Castle Among the Rocks - GCA470 Old Whiting Sawmill - GC15DQK - Not much left, but thought it was fitting that a tree was now growing in the middle of the one building that was still standing. Nature prevails! West End Route 66 - GCPGV4 - Old building right next to the railroad tracks on old Route 66 in Gallup NM Canyon Diablo~Two Guns, AZ~Get Your Kicks #2 - GCHBMR - There are other pictures of this location posted. This place is a photographer's dream and right off of the interstate. If you're passing by, be sure to stop! A Goats View - GC1EFZ8 - An old highway bridge being reclaimed by the forest. Animas Forks - GCKKD2 Quote Link to comment
+Plank Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) My favorite DNF in South Texas. Gilligan's Nightmare Edited November 3, 2008 by Plank Quote Link to comment
+Y2KOTA Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 GREAT thread! Wish I had some shots like that to share from finds. Quote Link to comment
+iwikepie Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Heres some in my area: This one is at the site of an old zoo: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c5-01df851fd9af This one is at a bunch of old limekilns: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...69-7088111b96d2 At an old fire tower: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...77-ad6204951a6a More old limekilns: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...3d-3a8b959acc96 Quote Link to comment
+iwikepie Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) Heres some in my area: This one is at the site of an old zoo: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c5-01df851fd9af This one is at a bunch of old limekilns: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...69-7088111b96d2 At an old fire tower: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...77-ad6204951a6a More old limekilns: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...3d-3a8b959acc96 On the "old fire tower" this is a really cool bridge on the way to the cache, so you get 2 cool artifacts in one hike. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...66-64263a71b409 Edited November 5, 2008 by iwikepie Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 This one is at the site of an old zoo: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c5-01df851fd9af I especially like this kind of ruin, and the safari park remains that Briansnat posted. One of the newer categories at Waymarking.com is Defunct Amusement Parks. The posted ones aren't all in the middle of the woods, but if you like the stuff in this thread, you might enjoy browsing those, too. Quote Link to comment
+fox-and-the-hound Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 The miners' bunkhouse at Hatcher Valley near GCH03Z Quote Link to comment
+KJcachers Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 This is on my to do list. High Knob Tower virtual on the Virginia / West Virginia line at about 4000 feet. GCH3TH Back In Time 1 Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 One of my newest caches Desert Fortress Quote Link to comment
CacheNCarryMA Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Westboro Insane Hospital Crematorium (GCZ055) Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Man, these pictures are amazing! I wish we had places like this in South Jersey that I knew of. They are mostly all in North Jersey. I do know of a few abandoned Nike missle basis. Matter of fact there is one that is almost completely intact with all buildings and missle silos and radar towers. It's in the middle of the woods and in between farms but on private property and it's hard to even get the owners to let you look on there. Quote Link to comment
+Team Shiney Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Best thread ever! GC33D8 Check out the pictures that show how the site is being over grown. Vats full of frogs and trees growing out of foundations. Hider in a Provider. "Ruins" of aircraft being reclaimed by Mother Nature. Also more pictures at link. Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I just adopted and replaced The Big Horn Mine and Stamp Mill Quote Link to comment
+Gipsie Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Man, these pictures are amazing! I wish we had places like this in South Jersey that I knew of. They are mostly all in North Jersey. I do know of a few abandoned Nike missle basis. Matter of fact there is one that is almost completely intact with all buildings and missle silos and radar towers. It's in the middle of the woods and in between farms but on private property and it's hard to even get the owners to let you look on there. DUDE! There are ruins EVERYWHERE! There are plenty of places like this on South Jersey. You just have to know where to look. Here is some of what I found while exploring... Martha Pumping Station Hampton Furnace Friendship Hermann Harrisville Brooksbrae Belcoville Carranza Memorial (OK, not ruins, but cool just the same) Quote Link to comment
+Gipsie Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 (edited) Brooksbrae Belcoville Carranza Memorial (OK, not ruins, but cool just the same) Near Trenton, the old Water Works Edited December 6, 2008 by gipsie Quote Link to comment
+Gipsie Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Moores Beach Bridge to Nowhere (wuite a few of these in and around the Pines) Various (throughout the pines) Quote Link to comment
+Gipsie Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 The Manunka Chunk Tunnels (kinda North Central Jersey) Then there are the Sandy Hook Bunkers There are plenty of other pics that I couldn't find. Plus a lot in North Jersey and NY. I will look and try to post them here. Sorry the quality isn't that great on some of them. They were taken with my phone. Becasue I was out exploring and wound up somewhere that I wasn't expecting to find anything and there it was! Quote Link to comment
+KTGI Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Very cool sighting at one of the stages in GCWMRT http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/3eb512...3bd770800df.jpg Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 (edited) There wasn't a cache here, but it was a meeting place for a pre-event, group cache hunt. There is a cache a short distance away. It's probably the first time stockings have been hung above the fireplace and a fire was glowing in the hearth in 50 - 100 years. Edited December 8, 2008 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Reviving this popular thread by linking to a website called "Forgotten Detroit" Its very sad to see some of those grand old buildings falled into total disrepair, but at the same time, they sure make for some awesome urban ruins! The images are all copyrighted, so I'm not going to post any of the photographs here. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Even more cool... a database of urban (and not so urban) ruins around the world! Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) Reviving this popular thread by linking to a website called "Forgotten Detroit" Its very sad to see some of those grand old buildings falled into total disrepair, but at the same time, they sure make for some awesome urban ruins! The images are all copyrighted, so I'm not going to post any of the photographs here. Some are coming back. Fort Shelby just reopened a few days ago. So did the Book-Cadillac, very recently. Here's a recent photo essay in Time showing some of Detroit's decay. Check out the parking garage in photo 6. Edited December 20, 2008 by Dinoprophet Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 West End Route 66 - GCPGV4 - Old building right next to the railroad tracks on old Route 66 in Gallup NM HEY! I was FTF on that cache. Quote Link to comment
+JamGuys Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Here are two pics of the ruins of Tintagel Castle, a 13th century castle in Cornwall, England, considered by many to be the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. When we visited in the summer of 2007, there were no caches on the castle grounds itself but a few were hidden in the spectacular cliffs overlooking the area, including this one, King Arthur Man or Myth? (Tintagel). At the castle From the cliffs overlooking the castle (2007 Easter Nav'Egg'ation geocoin in foreground) Edited January 23, 2009 by JamGuys Quote Link to comment
+Lakebum Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 This cache is located at what appears to be an old mill or maybe a fresh water treatment plant. These ruins are near midtown Atlanta tucked away in a small area of urban forest. There is some really cool graffiti art at these ruins. Some really talented vandals hang out here. More pictures can be seen on the cache page The ruins Here are two pictures I posted while visiting there: Cool thread. Glad to bump it. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 GCG45B is a great one outside Asheville, an old pumping station full of lots of heavy machinery. I went to Asheville on training back in January with this on my Must Do list because of this thread. OzGuff and I DNF'd the cache and Oz had actually found the cache once, but it had since been adopted moved and replaced. That site was really cool to explore. There is quite a gallery of graffitti to look at as you explore. I really enjoyed the site. I can't post pics because most of the graffitti is QUITE beyond family friendly, but much of it was humerous to me (the nonracist stuff) because of the lunacy that must have inspired it. Quote Link to comment
+TeamGeoDweebs Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Just placed a cache under the floor of an old mining house. Does anyone know of any cool ruins south of Tucson in Pima County, AZ? Preferably near Arivaca/Sahuarita/Nogales? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+JediAshley Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Just placed a cache under the floor of an old mining house. Does anyone know of any cool ruins south of Tucson in Pima County, AZ? Preferably near Arivaca/Sahuarita/Nogales? Thanks! I was wondering the same thing! Quote Link to comment
+Scubasonic Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 This is an old Homestead that is along the Columbia River Gorge on the Washington side would love to know the history of it. Scubasonic Quote Link to comment
+Y2KOTA Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 West End Route 66 - GCPGV4 - Old building right next to the railroad tracks on old Route 66 in Gallup NM HEY! I was FTF on that cache. I use to dispatched the trains though that area! Love to go back and visit the area. Quote Link to comment
+Steve&GeoCarolyn Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 An old WWII powder factory being retaken by nature The stacks: Odd sections of the factory: Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Sought out Zooropa Returns! GCQ4GH today, in De Laveaga Park. Heavily overgrown, but animal pens and even a stairway were still visible among the trees. I'll have to go back with a camera. Quote Link to comment
+slackpacker Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 A bump for one of my favorite threads - Quote Link to comment
+Chokecherry Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I'm glad you bumped this or I wouldn't have found it. My favorite caches are the ones in historical areas and with buildings being taken back by nature. I love those ones. Next to the buildings are the remains of towns that have been moved (fairly common here). Quote Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) Haha, I was reading this thread thinking how cool it would be to visit some of these places, and I remembered that I have been to some too!! Most of the ruins around northern California that I have been to are newer then the Gold Rush of 1849. Telegraph City, GCY0T7 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...f0-112c6c7a8c51 I guess I never uploaded my own pictures, so here are some from other finders... By willybee By CKayaks By CKayaks Without uploading my photos, my best contribution came from the info I got when I bumped into the owner. WRITE SHOP ROBERT found Telegraph City (Traditional Cache) JACKPOT! I found the Cache, and while I was parked in front of the gate trading out my goodies, a truck pulled up and stopped right in front of me. I was getting mentally prepared to get the third degree and then chased away, but as it turns out Mr. Hatler only wanted to drive through the gate to drop off some feed for the cows. I moved the car across the street and then had a nice little virtual tour from Mr. Hatler! OK, so...when you are standing at the Cache location, here's what you're looking at. The largest of the foundations on the other side of the gate, to the left of the windmill was a beautiful, immaculate barn "fit for a postcard" built on the stone foundation. It was painted white with green trim, and white gates at the openings in the front of the wall, with stalls built inside the stone walls that you see now. I'm not clear on what was on the upper level, most likely the hay loft. Next, if you look to the right of the windmill, you will see a much smaller foundation, which used to be a workshop (Mr. Hatler remembers cars in there as a kid, but before that it was a blacksmith shop). As you continue to pan around too the right and look across the road, you can see what looks like some random rocks around the field about 120 feet on the other side of the fence, this was his mothers house. Now you will be coming to the rectangular foundation that is pretty small, and almost directly across the street from the Cache. This was the store. To the right of the store there is a palm tree, and once there was another house next to that. After it was bought and was being painted for the new owners, some rags caught fire and burned that house down. The next structure is the square one down the street that still has the roof on it, this was the water storage tank. There were a few more houses over the years on the other side of the hill past that tank. It's confirmed, this is Telegraph City, where most of the Chinese residents lived in tents, so that would make this just about "Downtown". I was there at about 4PM, and Mr. Hatler was there to feed the cows, which I'll guess he does at about the same time each day. He uses the gate right next to the Cache, and it's fairly obvious as you would reach to undo the lock, so I'm sure that he knows the Cache is there, but I didn't ask (to avoid giving it away just in case he was not aware). He never asked me what I was doing there so that may also point to his knowledge of the Cache. This land has been in his family for four generations and his side of the family currently leases this land from the other side of the family (the original mass of land that was accumulated was divided in two by his father and uncle). Anyway...I left some of my BINGO! Cards, Raffle Tickets, and my old standard Collectible, Tradable GameCards. You can look up my prifile for information on how to win prizes with all of those. Thanks for a great Ccahe, I hope the information helps. Edited May 18, 2010 by WRITE SHOP ROBERT Quote Link to comment
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