In October, my wife and I took a road trip to Crater Lake in Oregon. We luckily stumbled upon Bodie. Bodie is a Ghost town just a few miles from the Bridgeport reservoir that was put in place during the gold rush. Unfortunately, we were only able to explore for 4 hours! Sounds like a long time; however, we only saw half the town. Bodie is probably the most intact ghost town in the United States; from jackets hung over chairs to garage/workshops full of stuff to an entire school house full of books and classroom furnishings. The experience is invigorating! You are completely consumed in the town and can almost experience life in late 1800s as Bodie boomed to a massive population of 10,000 residents.
Bodie is now a National Park and has local rangers living in the town to protect from looters. There is even a rumor of a Bodie curse if anyone steals from the town.
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