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)