Troy Paiva travelled across the USA for over 2 years in a search for abandoned places. He makes gloomy but beautiful photos for the project Lost America.
A hotel in abandoned Byron Hot Springs Resort in California
The Hand of Eldorado, California
Boarded-up cafe at Cartago, a wide spot on isolated Highway 395, running down the eastern Sierras
Route 666
Chevrolet Camaro ‘69 at Antelope Valley Wreckers in Littlerock, California
Mid-‘70s Oldsmobile Tornado
Mid-‘60s Cadillac hearse in a Mojave Desert junkyard
Abandoned dormitories at Castle Air Force Base in California
Abandoned building in San Jose, California
A building in Impossible City
El Mirage airplane salvage
A mutilated Delta 727 fuselage on its belly in the sand
Fighter-bomber F-105 Thunderchief
The Neon Museum, Las Vegas
Abandoned building near Los Angeles
Abandoned church in Bodie ghost city, California
Abandoned bowling club
Abandoned naval hospital known as Oak Knoll in Oakland, California
A brutalized Datsun B210, behind the completely abandoned “town” of Coaldale, in west-central Nevada
Hallicrafter Sky-Rider
Abandoned bar and hotel in Nevada
The Niles Canyon Railway, California
The ghost of a Greyhound at the bus yard in Williams, California
Abandoned store and gas station in Lockhart, California
Built in the early 80s and abandoned since 2002, this complex is already undergoing demolition
Abandoned building in California
While it’s celebrating its 50th Anniversary as a wrecked and abandoned hulk, Frey’s nautically themed masterpiece certainly appears to be undergoing restoration
Texaco Marine. By 2007 all the letters had been stolen
A lake in the baked noplace between Palm Springs and the Mexican Border, the Salton Sea was created in 1904 by a massive irrigation accident. It is left an isolated, 380 square-mile inland sea, California’s largest lake
Car carrier ship in drydock at the BAE shipyard in San Francisco, California
A military town near abandoned George Air Force Base in California
Abandoned House in San Francisco
A hotel in abandoned Byron Hot Springs Resort in California
The Hand of Eldorado, California
Boarded-up cafe at Cartago, a wide spot on isolated Highway 395, running down the eastern Sierras
Route 666
Chevrolet Camaro ‘69 at Antelope Valley Wreckers in Littlerock, California
Mid-‘70s Oldsmobile Tornado
Mid-‘60s Cadillac hearse in a Mojave Desert junkyard
Abandoned dormitories at Castle Air Force Base in California
Abandoned building in San Jose, California
A building in Impossible City
El Mirage airplane salvage
A mutilated Delta 727 fuselage on its belly in the sand
Fighter-bomber F-105 Thunderchief
The Neon Museum, Las Vegas
Abandoned building near Los Angeles
Abandoned church in Bodie ghost city, California
Abandoned bowling club
Abandoned naval hospital known as Oak Knoll in Oakland, California
A brutalized Datsun B210, behind the completely abandoned “town” of Coaldale, in west-central Nevada
Hallicrafter Sky-Rider
Abandoned bar and hotel in Nevada
The Niles Canyon Railway, California
The ghost of a Greyhound at the bus yard in Williams, California
Abandoned store and gas station in Lockhart, California
Built in the early 80s and abandoned since 2002, this complex is already undergoing demolition
Abandoned building in California
While it’s celebrating its 50th Anniversary as a wrecked and abandoned hulk, Frey’s nautically themed masterpiece certainly appears to be undergoing restoration
Texaco Marine. By 2007 all the letters had been stolen
A lake in the baked noplace between Palm Springs and the Mexican Border, the Salton Sea was created in 1904 by a massive irrigation accident. It is left an isolated, 380 square-mile inland sea, California’s largest lake
Car carrier ship in drydock at the BAE shipyard in San Francisco, California
A military town near abandoned George Air Force Base in California
Abandoned House in San Francisco
