"The Ghost City: California's Third Largest Metropolis Remains an Empty Maze of Roads"
Eerie photographs reveal the remains of California City, a planned metropolis that was intended to be the third-largest city in California but never came to fruition. The city, located in the Mojave Desert, was designed in the late 1950s with hopes of attracting 400,000 residents, but today it is home to only 15,000 people. The vast network of roads and named streets remain largely barren, with few houses or businesses developed. The failed project raises questions about the sustainability of building a water-rich city in the desert. Meanwhile, a group of Silicon Valley investors is planning to create a new utopian city in Solano County.