Links
Books
- DeKok, David. Unseen Danger : A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire.
- Jacobs, Renee - Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania.
- Kroll-Smith, J. Stephen and Couch, Stephen Robert. The Real Disaster is Above Ground: A Mine Fire & Social Conflict.
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Centralia
- www.centraliapa.com - Ritamarie Long's website, which has an amazing panoramic photo of Centralia circa 1983, and rosters of former residents of Centralia and Brynesville.
- Town Atop a Burning Coal Mine - Roadside America's page about Centralia.
- Place Taste and The Taste of Place - An article by John B. Krygier, published in Globehead! The Journal of Extreme Geography (Volume 1: Thing 2, 1995).
- Centralia, Pennsylvania - An offroad site with a collection of pictures of Centralia, Pennsylvania, the town with the mine fire burning under it.
- Centralia Visit, July 1999 - Tom Gryn's page about his visit to Centralia, complete with pictures and descriptions.
Brynesville
- Byrnesville, PA Resource Guide - Byrnesville was the town just south of Centralia, also abandoned because of the fire.
- Byrnesville, PA - Mike Reilley's page on Brynesville, complete with pictures of the town before and after.
Other Links of Interest
- Forgotten New York - One of my all-time favorite sites! Lots of history, walking tours, etc.
- Centralia - Additional Reading - Offroader's collection of Centralia resources.
- Modern Ruins - A large collection of links about modern ruins.
- Phillip Buehler - This was one of the first modern ruins websites I found. Photography-oriented links to other modern ruins sites.
- Fix Buffalo Archives - Large collection of abandoned insane asylum links, as well as ghost towns and urban exploration sites.
- Fear on MTV - Information on urban exploration and some handy tips and guidelines of what to do and what no to do when you go exploring.
- Yaz's Hudson Valley Ruins - Links - The Hudson River Valley is loaded with abandoned sites, and Rob Yasinsac photographs many of them, and gives detailed histories of each. A lot of information on Briarcliff Lodge.
- Google Sightseeing - Centralia, PA - Images from Google's satellite view of Centralia, PA.
- Urban Explorer's Network - The pure enjoyment of exploring places that most people wouldn't go.
- Xydexx Map Department - History of the abandoned town of Eastview, New York. More to be added soon.
- History of the Tarrytown Lakes