Since then, it has become one of the most photogenic ghost towns in the West because of the crumpled buildings and the impressive rocky landscape around the area. It fell apart nearly as fast the mine closed in 1911 and the town was all but abandoned by 1920. Located northeast of Death Valley National Park, Rhyolite was established in 1905 during the Gold Rush and grew quickly, filled with buildings that had electricity, water mains, an opera house and a stock exchange. If you like decrepit buildings in your ghost town, this is the place to see. Courtland and Pearce also are nearby, part of what is known as the Ghost Town Trail. Ruins include a hospital, a saloon and store, a jail, the foundation of a school and a cemetery. A handful of people still live in the area, but it still has the ghost-town feel with numerous buildings in various states of decay. A fire destroyed 28 buildings in 1912, but the town was rebuilt and continued to thrive until the mines shut down around 1940. Native Americans first mined turquoise in the area and settlers found copper, lead and silver in the area in the late 1800s. Originally called Turquoise, Gleeson is one of several ghost towns near the famous Wild West town of Tombstone. Also, beware if you take off with an artifact from town - a curse reportedly comes with it until the item is returned. Bodie is located 13 miles (21 kilometers) off Highway 395 down a dusty, bumpy road in an isolated area, so make sure you have plenty of gas. Today, its 100-or-so buildings are maintained by the California parks system, which protects the town in “an arrested state of decay,” keeping the buildings standing but making few other alterations. Once the mine shut down, so did the town, all but abandoned by the early 1900s. The town boomed during the Gold Rush days, with an estimated 10,000 residents in 1880, more than 60 saloons and a red-light district. Located near the Nevada state line east of California’s Yosemite National Park, Bodie is one of the most famous ghost towns in the United States, in part because it’s so well preserved. Here are a few of the more popular ghost towns in the Southwest: Many are still fairly well-preserved, though, and offer visitors a chance to see a piece of history - even if it is in pieces.
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