No, it's not a movie set but the well-preserved remains of a lawless mining town of the 1860s, where fights and murders were a daily occurrence. After gold was discovered in 1859, Bodie, Ca. grew to a boomtown of 10,000, only to be abandoned 20 years later. Today, there are about 200 weather-beaten buildings, sitting frozen in time in a cold, barren valley at an elevation of 7,000 feet. Even in late May, there were snow drifts on the hills.
