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  1. May 11, 2020, 09:27 PM #1
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    Rhyolite Bottle House - photo and video

    Bottle House in the ghost mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada. Built by miner Tom Kelly in 1906 from thousands of discarded beer and liquor bottles.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Altair View Post
    Bottle House in the ghost mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada. Built by miner Tom Kelly in 1906 from thousands of discarded beer and liquor bottles.

    Satisfied with re-utilization, he and two friends begin sourcing material for the first of many room additions...

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    Brilliant. I like that.
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    Wife and I visited it again three years ago, just outside of Beatty.



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