Kieron Connolly’s new book of photographs of more than 100 once-busy and often elegant buildings gives an idea of how the world might look if humankind disappeared. Here: Bodie, Mono County, California. Gold was discovered at Bodie in 1859 (just after the initial California gold rush) and it went from mining camp to boomtown. Its decline began in 1880, when word spread of new boomtowns elsewhere. The Standard Consolidated Mine closed in 1913, and four years later the Bodie Railway was abandoned. By 1940 the population was down to 40. Today, Bodie is maintained in a state of arrested decay as a visitor attraction. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)

In this image released on April 18, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town perform “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” at the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards on April 18, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Brent Harrington/CBS Handout via Reuters)

People walk by a 3D video advertisement display of a giant cat that was recently installed in the famed Shinjuku shopping district in Tokyo on Friday, July 9, 2021. (Photo by Hiro Komae/AP Photo)

Mongolian Chinese performs a traditional Chinese dance in front of the Olympic Rings located near the National Stadium, the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan July 29 2021. (Photo by Androniki Christodoulou/Reuters)

Aerial view of a giant sinkhole on June 09, 2021 in Santa María Zacatepec, Mexico. The giant sinkhole is located 20 kilometers northwest from the capital city Puebla, the hole now measures 110 meters across its widest point, covering around 11,000 square meters and damaging a house built near the place where it appeared. Farmers of the surroundings have been affected since they are not allowed to enter their fields due to the warning perimeter set up by the authorities. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

Rowdy Alexander watches from atop his horse as a hillside burns on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Wednesday, August 11, 2021, near Lame Deer, Mont. The Richard Spring fire was threatening hundreds of homes as it burned across the reservation. (Photo by Matthew Brown/AP Photo)

Dancers warm up in the wings before performing in a full-dress rehearsal at the Moulin Rouge in Paris on September 8, 2021, two days ahead of the reopening of the cabaret following an 18-month closure amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Closed for a year and a half due to the pandemic, the Moulin Rouge and Le Lido, emblems of the crazy Parisian nights since 1889, are finally reopening. (Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP Photo)

Jesus Taborda and Sabrina Amuchastegui compete in the final round of the Tango World Championship stage category, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, September 25, 2021. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)