| Monday morning and back on the road. Last bit of interstate until Thursday. |
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| When I rented the car there was a sign up behind the counter saying that driving on unpaved roads was prohibited. I don't know how anyone drives in rural Nevada without getting on an unpaved road or two. This one leads to the former town of... |
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| Metropolis. The town was established in 1910 as an agricultural community. In 1912 a rail spur was built as the population grew to 700. A request for water from the nearby Bishop Creek Dam, built from six and a half million brick remnants of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, was denied, thus dooming the town. Lack of water, a typhoid epidemic, rabbits and Mormon crickets led to the town's demise. |
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| Ruins of an old hotel. |
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| The entry arch to the old school. |
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| The school basement. |
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 Not much else out there. It was starting to snow when I got there. |
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| The road to Cherry Creek. |
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 It's one of those towns where there are ruins from the boom days mixed with modern structures. |
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| It's the same old story. A mine is opened. A town is established. It booms when the mine thrives. An economic downturn drives away the population. The population of Cherry Creek in the 2010 census was 72. |
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| I don't care much about the current homes, just the old ones that are barely standing. |
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| It must be weird living in a town with ruins like this just down the street or even next to your house. |
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| The schoolhouse still stands. |
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| Don't know what this was. |
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| Drove through the town of McGill and snapped a quick photo of the Cyprus Hall building, whatever that was. |
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| *DUPLICATE PHOTO WARNING* Spent some time in Ely. I stayed the night at the Hotel Nevada back in 2005. |
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| *DUPLICATE PHOTO WARNING* No overnight stay in Ely this time around. |
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| The building in the center used to be the Capitol Theatre. |
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| It wouldn't be a city in Nevada without a casino. |
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| I'm not sure Annie's Restaurant, Casino and Lounge is still open. |
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| I do like a nice ghost sign. |
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| A couple of old signs, one has held up better than the other. |
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| The White Pine County Courthouse, built in 1908. |
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