The Spookiest Town in California

Photograph courtesy of Flickr user tofuart

Bodie State Historic Park near Bridgeport, California, hasn’t changed since 1877.

A gold-mining town of 10,000 in its heydey, it’s now in a state of “arrested decay,” which sounds much, much more terrifying than anything you’ll see today (save maybe the hordes of bowtie-sporting, wannabe rappers doing Halloween Gangnam-style).

Bodie, through the eyes of the Flickr community:

The famous Bodie junkers (by Flickr user praphulm)

Nearly 100 buildings remain, including a schoolhouse, stable, and firehouse (by Flickr user Gouldy99)

By Flickr user The Digital Story

The Methodist church, built in 1882 (by Flickr user RevTimMedia)