Nevada has two large cities-Las Vegas and Reno and the accompanying suburb sprawl that has overtaken nearby smaller cities. The rest of the state is dotted with widely spaced towns. Most of them are old gold and silver mining towns slowly sinking into partial or complete ghost towns. Very rarely did the easily mined gold and silver last for more than twenty years and then most of the miners moved onto the next big strike leaving behind equipment and buildings. Fire was also responsible for accelerating the demise of these towns so in many places the only thing left standing are sections of concrete and stone foundations and walls. Berlin ,the one pictured above, managed to survive pretty much intact probably because at least one person was still living in the town until 1970. Kind of unbelievable to us - imagine having to drive over 100 miles to get groceries! But the night sky is incredible this far out in the middle of nowhere. More pictures here -
https://picasaweb.google.com/tonyandkaren1/NevadaSGhostTowns?authkey=Gv1sRgCPSC_qnr6er1owE
