Thursday, December 05, 2024

 

Wheaton and Hollis Hotel, Bodie, California

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The eerie Gold Rush ghost town of Bodie is one of eastern California's must-visit sights. It's a boneyard of creaking saloons, burnt-out cars and dusty, deserted pathways – and it has its very own abandoned hotel. The building that would become the Wheaton and Hollis Hotel started life in the 1880s as the United States Land Office.