Photograph by Berthold Steinhilber, LAIF/Redux
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In Bodie, California, abandoned buildings and a rusted-out 1937 Chevy glow eerily in this hour-long exposure. The former gold-mining town—designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961—is preserved in a state of arrested decay.
Photograph by Berthold Steinhilber, LAIF/Redux
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