According to a Death Valley park ranger, Rhyolite, NV is the second-best-noncommercial-ghost-town in North America and if I'm at all interested in human history it's a must see. And oh, how I am! Plus, it was my very first time ever in the glitzy/barren state of Nevada. While it was far from thrilling--the idea of a ghost town had sounded utterly romantic and eerie to me--I gave it my best shot... Enjoy.
The Old Bank Building.
Magnifique! Rhyolite sprung up as a mining town in 1905 and grew to around 5000 wanna-be prospectors overnight. It emptied out about as quickly as it grew.
You could almost hear the ghostly pitter-patter and haunting squeals of the children of yesteryear...
I hoped for a tumbleweed and creaking saloon doors. This general store was the best I got. The clap-board-front can also be found in Makawao, Maui or Sisters, Oregon.
Stylin'!
The famous Joshua Tree hangs out in this National Park too.
Utterly bizarre 20 foot statue next to a tourist trap on the way out of "town."
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