Ghost Towns & Abandoned Places

I've had a lifelong fascination with abandoned, dilapidated places since I was a kid. My first exposure was back in 2000 when my uncles and I discovered an abandoned house in the Mojave Desert near our relative's home. The structure still stood, but the interior was completely wrecked. Graffiti covered the walls, empty bottles littered the ground and there was a massive rat infestation; when we kicked over a rotting couch, tons of them scurried away. It was a creepy experience, but I was immediately hooked and wanted more. 

Those same uncles took me to the husk of a tractor that had long been deserted, near a campground in Orange County, California. Upon examination it was not unusual, but they