Daily Photo — Picher, OK
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“Picher was once a national center of lead and zinc mining, but after a century of unrestricted excavation the town was left with giant piles of toxic metal-contaminated tailings heaped throughout the area, making the land uninhabitable.” — 28 Freaky Ghost Towns You Can Visit.
Picher, Oklahoma. Photo: sooner4life