Isolated in California’s desolate high desert east of the Sierra Nevada, the ghost town of Bodie still stands as a testament to those who endured the tough conditions of the frontier during the Gold ...

CATCHING SOMETHING... from the corner of your eye while strolling through Bodie State Historic Park? It might be a crow preening atop a post, or perhaps a small dust devil doing a frenetic dance, or ...

The three earthquakes that rattled western Nevada on Wednesday morning caused some damage to California’s fragile Bodie State Historic Park, which will remain closed until Sunday while rangers repair ...

Ghost towns emerged during the 19th century as communities that had been built around mining camps, railroad hubs, and boomtowns fueled by gold rushes. These settlements popped seemingly overnight, ...

The first time Dennis Ariza visited the ghost town of Bodie in the Eastern Sierras, he got the impression the residents had been abducted by aliens. “I learned that when the gold mine closed families ...

THE WAYBACK TOWN: There aren't too many places in California where it feels as if time as not passed, not even an iota. Oh, natural places, for sure: The ancient bristlecone pine forest in the Inyo ...

Every fall for the past eight years, my dad, brother and I have taken road trips up and down the Owens Valley along California’s Highway 395, discovering all of the history the region has to offer.

According to Ranger Jake, the ghost town of Bodie is truly haunted. “Well, I’ve never had an encounter with any real ghosts or stuff like that,” he said, “but the state rangers who reside in the town ...

SUMMER IN MONO COUNTY, and the first golden days of fall, has its own out-of-time quality. You haven't magically slipped out of the actual timeline, of course; you'll need to observe some sort of ...

A series of moderate earthquakes rocked the California-Nevada border, causing little reported damage near the epicenter but leading to the closure of the well-known Eastern Sierra ghost town of Bodie.

During a long-ago summer of wandering the Western U.S. in a woefully underpowered 1971 VW bus, we were camped in Yosemite Valley when learning of an exceptional ghost town on the eastern flank of ...

The three earthquakes that rattled western Nevada on Wednesday morning caused some damage to California’s fragile Bodie State Historic Park, which will remain closed until Sunday while rangers repair ...