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Paiute Cave Pictographs

Paiute Cave Pictographs

A set of Virgin Anasazi pictographs is inside a collapsed lava tube in the Arizona Strip. They believed that caves were the entrance to the spirit world. This is a sacred place. The pictographs are protected from the elements by the cave ceiling, and as such, they are particularly vibrant.

Stanley Mine

Stanley Mine

Not its real name, this silver mine, high in the mountains of Central Idaho, was a really fun one to explore. It’s a very wet mine, but we found a few ore cars and a flooded shaft station inside. The mine was first worked in 1882, but major production

Keystone Signpost Petroglyphs

Keystone Signpost Petroglyphs

This lone petroglyph boulder is way out in a wash deep into the Joshua Tree wilderness. We suspect it served as a signpost for Indians to find other sites which aren’t too far away. The 'key' symbols are a very interesting element in this panel. No directions

Lost White Log Cabin

Lost White Log Cabin

In June 2018, we visited a remote log cabin high in the mountains. The cabin is built from amazingly long logs, but most surrounding trees aren’t that tall. So, those logs must have come from somewhere else, but where? I couldn't find any history on this place.

Ancient Tomales Wall

Ancient Tomales Wall

Out on Tomales Point, a peninsula that juts out into the Pacific Ocean in Point Reyes, is an ancient Native American rock alignment. The Coastal Miwok tribe, whose ancestors are believed to have built it, call it the “Spirit Jumping Off Rocks.” In a place where there are few other

Blackwater Mine

Blackwater Mine

In the late summer of 2018, we made a visit to a remote mine in Idaho. The ruined inclined tramway was my main interest, but the mine is more extensive than it looks. The mine was first worked around 1900, but it wasn’t until the 1930s that it became

U2 Joshua Tree

U2 Joshua Tree

I found what I was looking for... The famous U2 Joshua Tree. It fell over many years ago and now is a shrine to the band and the album. It is surprisingly easy to reach and not in Joshua Tree National Park. Directions