📜 Remains of an early 20th-century agricultural settlement.🔍 Once envisioned as a modern city for 7,500 people, it became a ghost town by the mid-1930s due to water conflicts, droughts, and low agricultural prices. # Why Go🚶 Explore historical ruins of a failed utopian vision, including a school and hotel📸 Photograph the old school's entry arch and hotel ruins, and other unique abandoned structures, including the Lincoln School arch and hotel foundation🤫 Experience serene, quiet solitude in the high desert🏜️ Experience a remote Nevada ghost town, not mining-related # Why Avoid⚠️ School basement has treacherous holes, proceed with caution🚗 Roads may be challenging in wet weather, especially the cemetery access road for low-clearance vehicles, and may require dry weather for ordinary passenger cars⏳ Limited structures remain, primarily foundations and ruins, including one arch # Tips📍 Located northwest of Wells, Nevada. Follow N. Metropolis Road from Wells.🗺️ Follow detailed directions, as signage may be limited.☀️ Visit in dry weather for easier road access. Consider parking and walking to the cemetery if roads are wet.🔦 Bring a flashlight if exploring the school basement.🅿️ Free roadside parking available.
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