Witness of the past, still standing. Once welcoming the people of one of California’s largest towns, it is now a place where your imagination can wander freely.

#Bodie #GhostTown #California #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LandscapePhotography #WesternHistory #AbandonedPlaces #HistoricSites #VisualStorytelling #OldWest #desertlight

Darwin California now wants people as its down to 30 So as part my desert meanderings I have explored the boundaries of NWS China Lake and the northern boundary requires a trip through this city. The people I encountered were hostile and unfriendly and got the curtain moving to peek at me driving through, stuff I last encountered years ago on a Sunday in Utah polygamy territory.

Its also literally BF Nowhere so what would you be moving there for? #Mojave #desert #dying #ghosttown #travel #Darwin

https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/darwin-ghost-town-21281656.php

"The only job available in Darwin is at the post office, and after the last postmaster died a few years ago, that position’s no longer even held by a town resident."

Tessa McLean for SF Gate: https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/darwin-ghost-town-21281656.php

#Longreads #California #SmallTown #GhostTown #DeathValley #Desert