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Today, the valuable historic house at Ivanpah is an attractive nuisance, too close to paved roads travelled by bums and thugs

7522-ivanpah.jpg I park the 10-ton bike against the old house on Ivanpah Road and go for a walk around the propertyThumbnailsView of the rear of the old house at Ivanpah, Mojave National PreserveI park the 10-ton bike against the old house on Ivanpah Road and go for a walk around the propertyThumbnailsView of the rear of the old house at Ivanpah, Mojave National PreserveI park the 10-ton bike against the old house on Ivanpah Road and go for a walk around the propertyThumbnailsView of the rear of the old house at Ivanpah, Mojave National PreserveI park the 10-ton bike against the old house on Ivanpah Road and go for a walk around the propertyThumbnailsView of the rear of the old house at Ivanpah, Mojave National PreserveI park the 10-ton bike against the old house on Ivanpah Road and go for a walk around the propertyThumbnailsView of the rear of the old house at Ivanpah, Mojave National Preserve

Signs warn that visitation could be penalized. This is a essentially a ghetto area of Mojave National Preserve, a national park without enough funds and staff to fully protect every property within its boundaries.