In the '60s we found a carved podium in a burnpile at Tex Smith Lake/Roadhouse. Tex Smith fancied himself an orator but it was his son whom bacame infamous. He and another killed a Kansas farm family after being told in prison they had tons of cash in hand. Truman Capote wrote the story "In Cold Blood." Capote gave a talk here in the early '70s and my parents showed him the piece, which he tried to buy. My sister took it to the Antiques Road Show here in town years ago.
Port Hobron near Kodiak is a ghost town with whale fat rendering tanks, cabins with only their foundations telegraphing. Mostly tiny cabins, smaller than 6'x6', but mostly gone. I would love to wander around with a metal detector.
Prince William Sound has a bunch of miners' cabins but the simple work of getting to them is daunting for a day hike...
