To be an off-season caretaker of Bodie, California (winter population: 5), you need a high tolerance for cold, solitude, and two-hour grocery runs.

Dennis Ariza has been visiting the California ghost town of Bodie annually for a decade. "I find something intriguing about the place every time I go," the photographer told Insider.

Bodie Ghost Town is one of the best-preserved, historic towns from the era of the wild, wild west. Whether you’re visiting ...

In 1859, gold was discovered in California by a group of prospectors, including a tin manufacturer named W.S. Bodey. And the Gold Rush began. The following November, Bodey died in a blizzard while ...

A view of Bodie in 1880. (Courtesy of California State Parks, Image 090-9021) In the late 19th century, Bodie was the archetypal Gold Rush boomtown. The gold and silver found in these hills by New ...

Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town where visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. George Rose ...

Bodie, California from the top of Standard Hill. The ghost town is located near the Nevada state line east of California's Yosemite National Parkon June 25, 1959.

the california disaster; particulars of the explosion at bodie. ten persons known to be killed narrow escape of the miners from suffocation.