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The Town Bisbee Became After the Copper Ran Out
Bisbee, Arizona, was built on copper; after the mines closed in the 1970s, it rebuilt itself as something else.
Cody and the Canyon Road to the Absarokas
Cody sits at the mouth of the Shoshone River canyon, where the highway to Yellowstone runs west through the Wapiti Valley into the Absarokas.
Leadville, the highest city in the United States
At 10,152 feet above sea level, Leadville, Colorado, remains the highest incorporated city in the United States.
Wallace and the Interstate Above It
In Idaho's Silver Valley, Wallace refused to let I-90 demolish it, so the highway crosses above the town.
The Copper Town Built on a Slope That Moves
Jerome still hangs off Cleopatra Hill above the Verde Valley, a copper town whose streets keep creeping downhill long after the mines went quiet.
The Wind That Comes Down Out of Paradise Valley
In Livingston, Montana, the wind out of Paradise Valley is less weather event than town condition—it arrives, stays, and shapes the place.
Why the North Cascades Highway Closes Every Winter
Each November the state locks the gates on the North Cascades Highway, and the snow takes over the pass until spring.
The Pass Closes in October
What happens to a mountain community when the only road out is shut for five months.