Photos of Rhyolite

School for Ghosts

The Ruins at the Foot of the Mountain

Ruins at the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, sprawl in the desert near the California border.

Ruins at the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, sprawl in the desert near the California border.

Union Pacific

An abandoned Union Pacific caboose lies weathered in the desert at the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

An abandoned Union Pacific caboose lies weathered in the desert at the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

The Ghost of the Impala

An abandoned Chevy Impala left to the elements in the middle of the vast, desolate Nevada desert near the border with California.

An abandoned Chevy Impala left to the elements in the middle of the vast, desolate Nevada desert near the border with California.

They’re All Gone

Desert Ruins

Deserted, crumbling ruins in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

Deserted, crumbling ruins in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

 

Sun-Bleached

A pair of ancient shacks decay under the Nevada sun in the ghost town of Rhyolite.

A pair of ancient shacks decay under the Nevada sun in the ghost town of Rhyolite.

Abandoned in the Desert

An old Chevrolet Impala rusts in the desert at the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

An old Chevrolet Impala rusts in the desert at the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

Rings of Rock

Rings of rocks form the large-scale artwork "Medicine Wheel" at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

Rings of rocks form the large-scale artwork “Medicine Wheel” at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

Love Me

A decidedly un-loved Chevrolet Impala decays in the Nevada desert at the ghost town of Rhyolite.

A decidedly un-loved Chevrolet Impala decays in the Nevada desert at the ghost town of Rhyolite.

Decayed in the Desert

The remains of a long-dead, abandoned building in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite, near the California border.

The remains of a long-dead, abandoned building in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite, near the California border.

The Prospector and The Penguin

Sculptor Fred Bervoets' 1994 work  "Tribute to Shorty Harris" at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

Sculptor Fred Bervoets’ 1994 work  “Tribute to Shorty Harris” at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

Left To Rust

An abandoned Chevy Impala left to the elements in the middle of the vast, desolate Nevada desert near the border with California.

An abandoned Chevy Impala left to the elements in the middle of the vast, desolate Nevada desert near the border with California.

Ghost Rider

Albert Szukalski's "Ghost Rider", at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada.

Albert Szukalski’s “Ghost Rider”, at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada.

Lego Lady

Hugo Heyrman's "Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada" rises into the sky at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada.

Hugo Heyrman’s “Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada” rises into the sky at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, Nevada.

Wooden Wheels

Wagon wheels spotted in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

Wagon wheels spotted at the Goldwell Open Air Museum near the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada.

Impala

The Mosaic Sofa

Sofie Steigmann's Sit Here! at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

Sofie Steigmann’s Sit Here! at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

The Last Supper

"The Last Supper" by Albert Skuzalski at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.

“The Last Supper” by Albert Skuzalski at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite.