Near the town of Bushiribana, on the northeast coast of the island, was Aruba's Natural Bridge, a much-touted attraction that collapsed in September 2005. Brochures glowingly described it as a natural wonder sculpted out of coral rock by centuries of raging wind and sea.
There's not much to see in the town of Bushiribana itself, but nearby is an abandoned gold smelter dating back to the 1800s. We were impressed by the massive boulders stacked on top of one another, but not everyone will appreciate the site's bleak and desolate feel.
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