Ghost Towns
Season 3 Episode 4 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode explores three California ghost towns: Bodie, Llano Del Rio, and Zzyzx.
Some California dreams succeeded, creating megalopolis regions in the state’s north and south. Other dreams failed, leaving nothing but ruins. This episode explores three California ghost towns: Bodie, a Mono County gold mining settlement that was preserved in time; Llano Del Rio, a socialist utopian community in the Mojave Desert; and Zzyzx, a former health spa on the way to Las Vegas.
Lost LA is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal
Ghost Towns
Season 3 Episode 4 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Some California dreams succeeded, creating megalopolis regions in the state’s north and south. Other dreams failed, leaving nothing but ruins. This episode explores three California ghost towns: Bodie, a Mono County gold mining settlement that was preserved in time; Llano Del Rio, a socialist utopian community in the Mojave Desert; and Zzyzx, a former health spa on the way to Las Vegas.
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Bodie: A City of Abandoned Dreams
Video has Closed Captions
During the Gold Rush, William S. Bodie, who founded the ghost town we know today as Bodie. (7m 4s)
Zzyzx: The Snake Oil That Fueled a Community
Video has Closed Captions
It didn't take long before "the last of the old medicine men" brought Zzyzx to ruins. (9m 25s)
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Lost LA is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal