Most People Don’t Know About These Strange Ruins Hiding In Alaska
The Radovan Camp ruins lie in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve in eastern Alaska. This historic homestead was the work of the ingenious copper prospector, Martin Radovan. Just a few years ago, the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act lead researchers to determine that the Radovan Camp was a historically significant and a remarkably well preserved piece of Alaska’s history. Visit this magnificent corner of Alaska to see these strange ruins and imagine the simple life of long ago.
The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve is a collection of foothills and mountains rising straight from the sea. Mt. Elias strikes a pose at 18,000 feet above sea level.
Martin Radovan was a prospector in the area for over 46 years. He laid claim to Binocular Prospect, a copper outcrop above the green limestone deposit on the face of a cliff overlooking a glacier.
After extensive research, an interdisciplinary team determined that the camps, prospects, artifacts, roads and trails at Radovan Gulch are historical and worthy of preservation.
These well preserved buildings can be accessed through a long back-country journey or a quick site-seeing flight. Radovan chose this spot for it's excellent natural resources and incredible beauty.
The inventions of the camp show what a clever and industrious man Radovan really was. The Alaska Miners Association has inducted Martin Radovan into the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame!
