Abandoned California: Lost Locales of the Golden Coast

California's lost histories, from mining towns to forgotten cities, lie buried in the ruins awaiting rediscovery.

Throughout its rich and storied history, California has seen the rise and fall of countless individuals, industries, and empires. Men have dug deep into her rich soil in search of mineral wealth, hauling out tungsten, silver, mercury and, of course, gold. Loggers plied their trade in the dense forests of her northernmost corners, harvesting redwood, fir, and pine that would build...