Built on gold fever and big dreams, Rhyolite exploded into life—and just as quickly vanished into dust. This ghost town near Death Valley is a haunting reminder of how fast fortunes can fade.

Laureen asked, as we rolled southwest out of the town of Beatty, Nevada. “The ghost town of Rhyolite,” I replied. “Any ghosts?” “We’ll see soon enough,” I responded. Rhyolite was the ...

Just outside of Beatty and near the entrance to Death Valley National Park lies the ghost town of Rhyolite. Prospectors found quartz near the town in 1904, prompting several settlements to form in ...

In a wind-rocked and tin-roofed mining-camp building, Suzanne Hackett-Morgan stood before the temporary inhabitants of ghost town Rhyolite, permanent population 0, this past Saturday night.

(KTNV) — A wild burro was hoisted to safety after falling down a mineshaft near the abandoned Nevada ghost town Rhyolite. A hiker discovered the donkey in distress at the bottom of a 10-foot ...

At the end of town, a shuttered train depot bakes beneath the desert sun. These fragmented structures are all that’s left of Rhyolite ... is home to more than 600 ghost towns.