Approaching Superior, AZ on Rt. 60A couple weekends ago, I headed east out of Phoenix on Rt. 60 towards the cities of Miami and Globe. Both of them are old mining towns in different states of repair. Globe, maybe due to its location at the crossroads of 3 highways, was in much better condition than Miami, which is a few miles west of Globe.
Miami, AZ - Two words: Beat Up. It was Sunday morning and there was little to no activity that I saw. The downtown area was in various states of disrepair with many boarded up and vacant buildings. There were a fair amount of antiques shops, but all were closed. It was kind of eerie.
Arriving in Miami
Bullion Plaza School
A local church
Downtown
Bottles! Get your bottles!
One of the many storefronts that were closed
About the only building that showed signs of life
An empty alley
Up, up and away!
I think this place was still in business. Couldn't really tell
Bridges over the wash
One of the few buildings in good shape
This sums it up
An elaborate memorial as you enter town
Hillside disrepair
No idea what's going on here
Or here
Hotel in disrepair
More hillside disrepair
An old jalopy in a storefront window
An old Mexican restaurant
Gutted
Looking down an alley
The old YMCA
More bottlesGlobe, AZ - This town was in much better condition with more activity. Although, being Sunday, a lot of places downtown were closed.
Entering Globe
An old brew pub
Downtown Globe
The old courthouse, now an arts center
Local church
Oldest building in Globe
An excursion train
You drive real fast under these, so they don't collapse on you.
Post Office
Local bar
View of Globe from the Rt. 60 bypass
Disrepair
