Metropolis

Just outside Wells, NV there is the ghost town of Metropolis. It's a former Mormon town that was put out of business when the rights to water were disputed by a town downstream. That followed by a plague of crickets and a cholera outbreak killed the town. It was once a booming town with a school and a hotel. It even had a loop on the train route. The archway is what remains of the school.

The road to Metropolis was beyond rutted out and since we were in the middle of the desert, several miles from all civilization, we drove very slowly. Somehow we missed the initial turn off down the gravel pitted road and seeing the arch in the distance, we grabbed the nearest cow path/mud-running tracks and headed out. It was an insane drive. Somehow we made it out of the area before the sun went down.