Bod­ie State Park, CA, is a gold min­ing town gone ghost. It is iso­lat­ed enough that the few peo­ple that nev­er left were able to main­tain the town in a state of arresst­ed decay and it is now a state park. Wan­der around the build­ings and look in the win­dows to see things as they were left when aban­doned. This is not a staged reen­act­ment but a snap­shot of life as it was. Just 13 miles east of 395 near Mono Lake, (the last 3 miles are dirt), this is a great place for his­to­ry buffs and pho­tog­ra­pher’s alike. Make a day of it, bring water, a hat and plan on walking/exploring a lot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie,_California