Underwood woke at 3 a.m. one day to the smell of smoke, he writes in "Ghost Town Living." The American Hotel — the centerpiece of his vision for Cerro Gordo — was engulfed in flames after a ...

Today, the “living ghost town” is home to 234 people and nearly ... while the Goldfield Hotel, a once lavish space of gold leaf ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and even a working elevator ...

We're here in January, and it is a complete ghost town. "We have got absolutely nothing going on. The hotel doesn't actually have anyone in so, if you do want to get away by yourself, it's ...