Let me start off by saying this – Bodie State Historic Park is the coolest park I’ve ever been to! This is one of, if not the most, authentic ghost town in all of the U.S. Bodie feels like you’re on the set of a Western movie, but instead of props, you’re actually standing in a town as it was left over a 100 years ago. History of Bodie Bodie, California is a small city located in Mono County just a few miles from Nevada. Bodie began as a mining camp following the discovery of gold in 1859. By 1880, the town grew to an estimated 10,000, producing more than…