Took a trip to a ghost town today! June 20, 2010, 10:32:14 PM My family and I took a small road trip to a ghost town today. I am a history major and I LOVE old, abandoned, and rundown buildings so when the family asked what I wanted to do for Father's Day this was my suggestion. The town is called Rhyolite, NV, about 115 miles from where we live in Las Vegas. Here are a few pics. The pics are:1 - Town sign with mining area in the back2 - Rhyolite Mercantile store3 - House made of glass bottles from the saloon4 - Train Depot/Casino5 - Old train car6 - Bank7 - Bank8 - General store9 - Jail10 - School11 - Grave12 - Grave Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #1 – June 20, 2010, 10:35:44 PM Way cool!!!!!! Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #2 – June 20, 2010, 11:29:49 PM We have towns like that all over in utah. I went to 2 or 3 one day in the middle of nowhere. Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #3 – June 21, 2010, 12:12:49 AM Looks like detroit to me... Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #4 – June 21, 2010, 01:11:46 AM There is a bunch out here in Nevada. Hopefully we will be visiting more. If we finish up with those then we will travel out towards Utah. :) Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #5 – June 23, 2010, 12:35:35 AM Sweet. Suposedly Stockton is a cool place to visit, just over an hour I think from me near tooele. I'd be up for a bit of a drive if you make it out this way. Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #6 – June 23, 2010, 12:41:13 PM That is pretty cool. I like to think about what those places looked like when people were using them and who may have walked through them in years past. It makes me think about how short and fleeting our lives here really are. Not too many places like that back here in the east. Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #7 – June 23, 2010, 11:17:41 PM Quote from: jkirchman;326275That is pretty cool. I like to think about what those places looked like when people were using them and who may have walked through them in years past. It makes me think about how short and fleeting our lives here really are. Not too many places like that back here in the east.Same here. You have to wonder who traveled through there and what daily life was like. Very cool to see what's left. Certainly not much like that in the midwest. Quote Selected
Took a trip to a ghost town today! Reply #8 – June 23, 2010, 11:32:35 PM That scenery would make a perfect backdrop for car photo shoot Quote Selected