Bodie is a state historic park that’s kept in a state of “arrested decay,” which means the town is left as it is. It is a time portal to the Wild West, or a place to muse about what the ...

An historic California gold-mining town located at an elevation of 8,375 feet south of Bridgeport is—like most of the Eastern Sierra—blanketed in deep snow. Bodie State Historic Park, founded ...

A heavy snowstorm in 1859 killed the town’s founder and harsh winters continue to plague the California ghost town Bodie State Historic Park. The former gold-mining settlement, some 300 miles ...