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Darwin, California
Photo: Stammberger1973, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Darwin grew after silver and lead strikes in the Coso Range in 1874, with smelters, mines and hundreds of residents, and it stayed active into the early 20th century. A small group of artists and off-grid residents now lives among the remains west of Death Valley, so most of the town is private.
Remote and lightly serviced; look from the road and respect private property.
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