Created specifically as a centre for Warren Jeffs' leadership of Mormon Fundamentalists, the 1,700-acre Yearning for Zion Ranch now resembles a ghost town, its 700 resident's having all but left.

A huge amphitheatre, presumably designed for hundreds if not thousands of Jeffs devoted followers to listen to his teachings lies unfinished, while rows of huge accommodations show no signs of life bar one or two pick-up trucks.

With the Texan authorities threatening to seize the huge ranch, the majority of the residents of the once-bustling religious commune seem to have vanished - perhaps heralding the final chapter in the ranch's short history.