Stranded in the middle of the Nevada desert, this former gambling palace is disintegrating under the hot sun. Once claiming to be the “world’s highest casino,” the Montgomery Pass Casino spent many years as an entertainment oasis in the barren landscape edging a lonely stretch of Highway 6. Read on to learn what happened to this former casino town, then watch the footage of the town from YouTube channel “Wonder Hussy.”

Most of the buildings at the Montgomery Pass Casino have been abandoned since the 1990s.
Flickr/Don Barrett

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The local community withered when the gambling revenue dried up. The casino finally burned down in 2010.
Flickr/Don Barrett
Today, it’s a decaying husk of its former self. The empty rooms and halls of the casino are filled with retro slot machines and old gambling tables.
YouTube/Wonder Hussy

Take a look at the stunning remains of this gambling paradise turned ghost town:

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