Back in the 1890′s Goldfield boasted 3 saloons, a boarding house, general store, blacksmith shop, brewery, meat market and a school house. Just when it looked like the town would [ … ]
Category: Ghost Towns
The Verdi Inn – Gothic Western Architecture
In the center of Verdi stands a mysterious and fabulous structure that looks as if it escaped from Burning Man one hundred miles north-by-northeast as the three-eyed raven flies. In [ … ]
Calico – Desert Ghost Town
Calico is a desert ghost town, theme-park style. Just outside of Barstow in the Mojave Desert—designated the state of California’s official “silver rush ghost town” in 2005—Calico started its life [ … ]
Bodie Ghost Town – The Best One?
In our first feature in a series of ghost towns, we bring you the Bodie ghost town. The Bodie ghost town is easily one of the best in California. While [ … ]