Alongside homes, Bodie also had a high concentration of saloons, gambling houses and even brothels. This earned the Gold Rush town a seedy reputation, though that didn't stop miners flooding in from all over the country.

As ever, though, this fortune was short-lived. As mines closed, Bodie's population began to dwindle, though the town didn't truly empty until the 1960s. Now the ghost town is protected as the Bodie State Historic Park.

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