Since the days of the gold rush, dreamers hoping to strike it rich have been staking their claim to a dusty California town in the Mojave Desert. Now an Australian is trying his luck.
The desert outpost has an empty general store, a five-bed hotel and forgotten cabins but its new owner says he’ll build an oasis of escape – a circus sanctuary.
Nipton, Calif., has one main road and about two dozen residents. Entrepreneurs with dreams of turning it around have come and gone. Will this time be different?
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