Spread across the landscape of a high, remote valley of the Bodie Hills, the historic gold mining town of Bodie - one of the richest gold strikes in California - was once known as the most lawless, wildest and toughest mining camp in the West. To walk the streets of this ghost town and peer into the windows of the remaining homes, businesses and sites is to be transported back to the days when Bodie was a thriving mining town.