Bodie, California is one of the largest ghost towns in the West, and it’s just a few miles north of Lee Vining. It’s sure an interesting place to walk around, everything is left just as it was when the last residents left. There’s furniture in some of the houses, drinks, on the bar, all kinds of stuff. Unfortunately,
The town is slowly falling apart, which raises the question of how to maintain a ghost town. It’s being cared for by the California State Parks as a State Historic Site. Their approach is to maintain roofs and windows to keep the buildings dry. They also have added some support beams. Other than that, they pretty much let it go.
