Rhyolite: an igneous rock composed of light-colored silicates, usually buff to pink and occasionally light gray.
Come here and envision the past: 49ers, conmen, the gold rush, western expansion, saloons, "the old west", cowboys, miners, boom & bust.
This is the past. This is a ghost town. Rhyolite once housed thousands of people, up to possibly 8,000.
This is amazing to visit & experience. When in Death Valley, take California 190 north and turn to the Beatty cutoff road and after about driving 25 miles through the mountains, you will get here.
Tons of old remnants of this old western town. Paramount Pictures also started filming here in the 90's, so there are some cool added ghost like statues. I love the one where the ghost is holding a bike!
The preserved building of the bottle house, Mercantile building, and train station are amazing! There is also the school, saloon, and some other somewhat preserved buildings!
If you are in Death Valley make sure to come to Rhyolite!