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FALL 2017 ISSUE 02 / VOL. 02
Left: Just east of Death Valley National Park, on Nevada Route 374 near the town of Beatty, is Rhyolite, a ghost town named after a type of igneous, volcanic rock. Established in 1905 as a gold-rush mining camp, by 1907 it boasted a hospital, an opera house and even its own stock exchange. The mine closed in 1911 and the town was all but abandoned by 1920. It lives on as a tourist attraction and occasional filming location for movies. Pictured are the ruins of the threestory John S. Cook and Co. Bank on Golden Street. Above: A stone’ s throw from Rhyolite is the Goldwell Open Air Museum, an outdoor sculpture garden and artists’ enclave. Inspired by Leondaro Da Vinci’ s painting of the same name, Albert Szukalski’ s eerie sculpture of life-sized ghosts is called“ The Last Supper.”