Rhyolite was a small bustling town in Nevada during the gold and silver rush. After the mines in the town closed down, the people left and nature took over. Over time, buildings were torn down and succumbed to nature. All that is left now in this national park is just the ruins and memories of what once was.

These walls are all that remain of the entrance to the bank building on main street in downtown Rhyolite. Once a bustling town, now there is not much but stones and markers of what once was. The streets are now empty, but provide a glimpse of how large the town was.

The morning sun casts long shadows onto the bricks, as they sit there in perpetuity, waiting for the rain or wind to knock them down. Over a century ago, someone carefully cast these brick and then laid them into formation along with all the others that composed the entire building. Now they are destined to wait until they are forced to move again, standing up to the elements as best they can. In the distance the entire valley can be seen, as it has been for centuries.