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Empire, the emptied town from Nomadland
2020
Empire, Nevada
Vegafi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The film opens where the story actually happened: Empire, the company gypsum town that emptied in 2011 when the mine closed and the zip code was retired. Frances McDormand worked real seasonal jobs alongside real nomads playing themselves. It won Best Picture. The town has since partially reopened with the mine.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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