Goldfield - Nevada
Just up the road from Beatty is Goldfield. It is very strange. In 1908 it was the biggest town in Nevada - now there are less than 300 inhabitants. As I entered the town, I couldn’t see anyone. What I saw were weird collections of memorabilia, especially old cars draped with ‘stuff’. Were they, or the properties they were on, owned by anyone? I couldn’t tell. I found Dinky Diner for food - seemed to be the only place in town. This was the only place where I saw anyone. On the outskirts was the car forest - explicitly an art installation - not just a junk yard. Known as a ‘living ghost town’, Goldfield is in limbo, but with the new gold mines on the horizon, it may all change. Here is a gallery of old cars and stuff that must mean something to someone.
