Today we drove out to the ghost town of Rhyolite, near Beatty, Nevada. A booming metropolis created in 1904, this town is now little more than a very cool (yet unfortunately falling into disrepair) train depot and a house made entirely of glass bottles.
The skeletal remains of other buildings stand stark against the desert sky. Two walls of a three story office building, the facade of a mercantile store, and the foundations of a school stand crumbling now.

Built around a gold mine that was created in 1904 and closed in 1910 when it was proved unprofitable, the town had a brief time of glory. But when it was in full swing, it boasted telephone lines, electric lights, over forty saloons, an opera house, multiple schools, pharmacies, stores and banks.