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Hiker Discovers an Abandoned Town Inside Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Posted: 10/03/2014 10:54 am EDT Updated: 40 minutes ago
By Greg Newkirk
Sometimes it's easy to take for granted how much land there is in America. Sure, it's harder and harder to find places that haven't been explored, but it's also become easier to forget places that we've already been. Kind of like the entire friggin' town in the middle of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Jordan Liles
That's exactly what Jordan Liles discovered when he explored the park last year, and lucky for us, he brought along his camera to document the entire adventure. It makes for a great watch.
Jordan Liles
From his website:
About a mile up an unnamed gravel road inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the back way into an abandoned neighborhood and hotel, some of which was originally constructed more than 100 years ago. In the fully edited film below, Tennessee Wonderland, I explore the houses and the remains of what was once referred to as the Wonderland Club. I've applied color correction, balanced audio levels, cut everything down to the essentials without sacrificing interesting moments and most importantly, I made sure to place importance on including a proper ending.
Jordan Liles
Check out his video below and start planning your own trip to the abandoned town ofElkmont. It might just inspire you to go exploring and see what might have been forgotten in your own neck of the woods, like the incredible Cisco, Utah Ghost Town, the abandoned town of Chloride in Arizona, or California's long-dead Bodie.
Interestingly enough, earlier this year on 2014 America Adventure Rally, the Roadtrippers team stumbled onto a whole other set of abandoned buildings just a few miles from Tennessee Wonderland. What we'd actually discovered was the Elkmont Historic District, an abandoned town that's just outside of the still-active Elkmont Campground. It's the perfect place to pitch a tent and go for a midnight flashlight adventure. Click the image below for the full story.
Tour the creepy abandoned buildings of the Elkmont Historic District
In case checking out the remains of an abandoned town wasn't cool enough, get this - just last year, a guy with a personal drone went out and documented his own bizarre find: an abandoned renaissance fair deep in the Virginia forest. Click on the image below to jump over and check out his own video adventure to another of America's coolest forgotten places.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roadtrippers/hiker-discovers-an-abando_b_5927164.html
And more:
Tour the creepy abandoned buildings of the Elkmont Historic District
Austin Coop
02 October, 2014
Right outside the still-active Elkmont Campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the Elkmont Historic District. The creepiest parts of Elkmont, like the large former Wonderland Hotel, are a short hike away up a gravel road, but the area generally referred to as the Elkmont Historic District offers plenty of super creepy abandoned cabins to explore, all easily accessible from a paved road and the Appalachian Clubhouseparking lot.
Roadtrippers made a stop at the Elkmont Historic District this time last yearon the 2014 America Adventure, and we’ll tell you firsthand, these little abandoned cabins are beyond spooky…
Here are some of our favorite Roadtrippers friends... the Traxxas Girls, with Taylor Nicole leading the way/running away from the abandoned cabin and good ol' Dave Dusick from RaceTrack Engineering telling USAC's Jason Smith to step away from the creepy building:
https://roadtrippers.com/blog/elkmont-historic-district
Hiker Discovers an Abandoned Town Inside Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Posted: 10/03/2014 10:54 am EDT Updated: 40 minutes ago
By Greg Newkirk
Sometimes it's easy to take for granted how much land there is in America. Sure, it's harder and harder to find places that haven't been explored, but it's also become easier to forget places that we've already been. Kind of like the entire friggin' town in the middle of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Jordan Liles
That's exactly what Jordan Liles discovered when he explored the park last year, and lucky for us, he brought along his camera to document the entire adventure. It makes for a great watch.
Jordan Liles
From his website:
About a mile up an unnamed gravel road inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the back way into an abandoned neighborhood and hotel, some of which was originally constructed more than 100 years ago. In the fully edited film below, Tennessee Wonderland, I explore the houses and the remains of what was once referred to as the Wonderland Club. I've applied color correction, balanced audio levels, cut everything down to the essentials without sacrificing interesting moments and most importantly, I made sure to place importance on including a proper ending.
Jordan Liles
Check out his video below and start planning your own trip to the abandoned town ofElkmont. It might just inspire you to go exploring and see what might have been forgotten in your own neck of the woods, like the incredible Cisco, Utah Ghost Town, the abandoned town of Chloride in Arizona, or California's long-dead Bodie.
Interestingly enough, earlier this year on 2014 America Adventure Rally, the Roadtrippers team stumbled onto a whole other set of abandoned buildings just a few miles from Tennessee Wonderland. What we'd actually discovered was the Elkmont Historic District, an abandoned town that's just outside of the still-active Elkmont Campground. It's the perfect place to pitch a tent and go for a midnight flashlight adventure. Click the image below for the full story.
Tour the creepy abandoned buildings of the Elkmont Historic District
In case checking out the remains of an abandoned town wasn't cool enough, get this - just last year, a guy with a personal drone went out and documented his own bizarre find: an abandoned renaissance fair deep in the Virginia forest. Click on the image below to jump over and check out his own video adventure to another of America's coolest forgotten places.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roadtrippers/hiker-discovers-an-abando_b_5927164.html
And more:
Tour the creepy abandoned buildings of the Elkmont Historic District
Austin Coop02 October, 2014
Right outside the still-active Elkmont Campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the Elkmont Historic District. The creepiest parts of Elkmont, like the large former Wonderland Hotel, are a short hike away up a gravel road, but the area generally referred to as the Elkmont Historic District offers plenty of super creepy abandoned cabins to explore, all easily accessible from a paved road and the Appalachian Clubhouseparking lot.
Roadtrippers made a stop at the Elkmont Historic District this time last yearon the 2014 America Adventure, and we’ll tell you firsthand, these little abandoned cabins are beyond spooky…
Here are some of our favorite Roadtrippers friends... the Traxxas Girls, with Taylor Nicole leading the way/running away from the abandoned cabin and good ol' Dave Dusick from RaceTrack Engineering telling USAC's Jason Smith to step away from the creepy building:
https://roadtrippers.com/blog/elkmont-historic-district
