The 'Ghosts of Rhyolite'
Ryolite, Nevada
Gold Well Open Air Museum
Started in 1984 by artist Albert Szukaski, a resident from Belgium.
Among the sagebrush and the bushes you will find:
-A 'Ghostly' life size rendition on Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper, ( Top of page ), by Albert Szukaski.
-A 25 foot pink Lady Desert, The Venus of Nevada, ( Album ) by Hugo Heyrman.
-A Ghost Rider, ( Below), by Albert Szukaski
-and Icara by Andre Peeters, representing the female counterpart to the Greek myth of Icarus, the boy who tried to fly to the sun.
Featured above - Rhyolite, Miner Ghost Town in Nevada, The Pink Lady, Bottle House, and House with scenery.
*UPDATE: May 12, 2009
New Pictures: Building, box train, Rhyolite cemetery gate and graves.
Some people have claimed Paranormal experiences while visiting here, of those who once lived when the town itself was 'alive' and providing for them.
Though we didn't have any such experiences ourselves, it was still fascinating to see the sculptures and witness the ruins and cemetery left behind.
We did purchase a book called: 'Excerpts from "Rebecca's Walk Through Time" - Self Guided Tour Through Rhyolite, Nevada, By: Suzy McCoy which is full of stories and information of the town that it once was.
The area even boasts a Bottle House that is one of the best conserved within the town itself.
See the web-site for more information and pictures of the ruins left behind, by the once occupants of Rhyolite. And if you are in or near the area, go see the 'Ghosts' for yourself!
