The back view of the old wooden and brick buildings of the Dechambeau Hotel and the I.O.O.F. Hall stands in an empty field in Bodie, California, with remnants of structures nearby. The clear blue sky and distant hills create a sense of desolation.

Bodie, California is a town frozen in time and preserved by California State Parks in a state of “arrested decay.” Bodie became a State Historic Park in 1962 and maintains the buildings just as they were found when the State took over the town – but they do not restore the buildings, instead choosing to simply preserve the buildings in their aged and weathered 1880s appearance.

Bodie State Park is in Mono County, California USA