In the summer of 2018, Brent Underwood got a text in the middle of the night from a friend saying, "Look at this ghost town for sale!" Within a month, Brent had purchased Cerro Gordo, California ...

Brent Underwood is the owner of Cerro Gordo in California. His new book, "Ghost Town Living," is about “discovering your passion, leaning into life and finding your purpose.” ...

Brent Underwood in Cerro Gordo, Calif. Brent Underwood / Courtesy Cerro Gordo is a settlement of bloodstained brothels, skeletons and busted up pianos on the wind-battered southern slope of the ...

The mining town of Cerro Gordo, in the Inyo Mountains above Death Valley, was formed in the 1860s after silver was discovered there. Long abandoned, the ghost town is now home to Brent Underwood.

Brent Underwood stands amid the ashes of the American Hotel on Wednesday, two days after a fire in the Inyo Mountains ghost town of Cerro Gordo burned down the hotel, icehouse and former home of ...

It is possible to buy entire towns these days. A little over a month after a 19th century ghost town in California called Cerro Gordo went on sale, Brent Underwood bought it for $1.4 million, real ...

In 2018, Brent Underwood bought the California ghost town of Cerro Gordo for $1.4 million. In April, Underwood became trapped in the town after a snowstorm blocked the road, forcing him to spend ...

A little over a month after a 19th century ghost town in California called Cerro Gordo went on sale, Brent Underwood bought it for $1.4 million, real estate agent Jake Rasmuson said. The asking ...

Brent Underwood, a young entrepreneur, bought the abandoned California ghost town of Cerro Gordo in 2018 for $1.4 million. Cerro Gordo was once known for mining silver and lead, and between 1865 ...

Brent Underwood moved from Austin to the abandoned mining town of Cerro Gordo, California, in 2020. He spent three years living there alone working to bring a relic of the past back to life.

Brent Underwood, a YouTuber living in an abandoned ghost town, ... And Cerro Gordo is a California silver mine that was active in the 1870s.