RHH's photos with the keyword: ruins

The town of Rhyolite, Nevada, was a mining town that grew up and then died in the early 1900's. It is in the Bullfrog Hills northwest of Las Vegas. Gold was discovered there and the town boomed. At its peak, around 1907, it had a population of 10,000 with a railroad station and fifty saloons, but by 1920 after the mines ceased production there were only 14 residents. The town is now a tourist attraction with its ruined buildings and has become a site for weird open-air sculptures.

Rhyolite, Nevada, is a ghost town on the California and Nevada border. It flourished during a gold rush in the late 1800's but declined and became a ghost town in the 1920's. This was the Overbury Bank Building in Rhyolite's heyday with the school behind it.

Rhyolite, Nevada, is a ghost town on the California and Nevada border. It flourished during a gold rush in the late 1800's but declined and became a ghost town in the 1920's. This was the Overbury Bank Building in Rhyolite's heyday with the school behind it.

The ruins of Kinbane Castle lie on the north coast of Northern Ireland on a limestone peninsula at the bottom of a steep cliff, now reached by a narrow staircase. Most of the outer wall is gone but this is a small section still standing with its gun port. One of the inset photos is taken through the port. The castle was built in the sixteenth century by the MacQuillan clan.

This pillar is along the steep stairs that lead to Kinbane Castle ruins in Northern Ireland.

This is a gun port in one of the few sections of walls still standing at the ruins of Kinbane Castle on the north coast of Northern Ireland.

This rock stands next to Kinbane Castle on the north coast of Northern Ireland. I have not been able to find any information on whether it is natural and whether it served any purpose. The land in background is Rathlin Island.

Dunluce Castle is on the north coast of Northern Ireland in County Antrim between the towns of Portballintrae and Portrush. It was built in the fifteenth century by the MacQuillan clan and taken over by the MacDonnells in the same century. Nearby and off the coast is the wreck of the Spanish Galleon, the Girona. Gold and cannons were salvaged from the wreck by Sorley Boy MacDonnell and used to fortify the castle and the survivors were sent to Scotland. The rest of thee treasure was salvaged in 1967-8 and some of it can now be seen in the Belfast Museum. The castle is under the care of the National Trust and though we did not actually explore its ruins we photographed it from the nearby roadside.

This is another view of Dunluce Castle ruins on the north coast of Northern ireland near Portballintrae.

This was the view west from one of the windows of the now ruined Downhill estate house. The mouth of the Foyle River and County Donegal are visible in the background.

This is the front entrance to the Downhill estate house, now a ruin, but once the home of Frederick Hervey, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Londonderry. The towns of Castlerock and of Portstewart and of the Portstewart strand are just visible in the background.

This was the estate house of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Londonderry. The estate is now managed by the National Trust and the estate house is a ruin, but still worth visiting. The estate also has on it a number of other buildings, a walled garden and the Mussenden temple, a library on the cliffs overlooking the sea (I've posted some photos of it earlier).

We found these ruins of an old settlers cabin on the shores of Hog Lake. There was not much left except what had been a doorway with a hollowed out mound behind it.

This was one of the few ruined buildings that still remained in the ghost town of Ballarat west of Death Valley. The buildings were made of adobe and have crumbled away over the years.

Scenes from "Dracula" were shot at this location.