Ghost Towns

Ghost Towns

We have all seen them, the abandoned towns that are scattered along the highway. We can choose to believe they were abandoned when resources were scarce, but some may have been deserted due to more devilish reasons; and many still have souls that live amongst what remains. We are here to tell you their stories.  Read on if you dare!!!!

April 28, 2016

Apex, Colorado

During summer, this ghost town experiences heavy snowfall hence, summer would be the best time to visit. From Colorado your drive will be quite easy and […]
April 28, 2016

Bodie, California

This is a ghost town set in Bodie Hills, Mono County, California and is a historic district that the U.S. Department of the Interior has since […]
April 28, 2016

St. Elmo, Colorado

This is one of Colorado’s best preserved ghost towns and features in the National Register of Historic Places as the St. Elmo Historic District. Founded in […]
April 28, 2016

Ruby, Arizona

As one of the best preserved mining ghost towns in Arizona, Ruby was formerly known as Montana Camp and was a mining town in Bear Valley. […]
April 28, 2016

Capitol City, Colorado

Galena City, as it was formerly know was situated in a beautiful setting and the man at the center of the founding of this city was […]
April 28, 2016

Rhyolite, Nevada

Located in Nye County, Nevada this is a ghost town that rose rapidly and came down as fast as it had come up. This town was […]
May 3, 2016

Goldfield, Nevada

This is one place where exploration of gold continues to date inside and around this once booming mining city. It is an incorporated community with 268 […]
May 3, 2016

Tyrone, New Mexico

Located in Grant County, New Mexico in the United States, the town of Tyrone was not built just like any other town; there was a specific […]
May 3, 2016

Animas Forks, Colorado

Located in an area with a road network connecting mountain towns, the land on which Animas Forks sits on is managed by the Bureau of Land […]
May 3, 2016

Ashcroft, Colorado

Better known as Castle Forks City originally, Ashcroft is one town that came up amazingly fast and after the same manner it went down. It was […]
May 3, 2016

Cahawba, Alabama

Now a state historic site, Cahawba or Cahaba served as the first sate capital of Alabama between 1820 and 1825. It started out as an undeveloped […]
May 3, 2016

Kennecott, Alaska

This town was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986 and is an abandoned mining camp that had a number of copper mines operating here. It […]
May 4, 2016

Terlingua, Texas

In mid 1880s, the location on which this ghost town stands came to life after the discovery of cinnabar from which metal mercury is extracted. Miners […]
May 4, 2016

Wonder, Nevada

Located in Churchill County, this town is currently unoccupied and hence, a ghost town. Prospectors originating from Fairview uncovered quartz veins north of Chalk Mountain in […]
May 4, 2016

Elk Falls, Kansas

It is termed as “the world’s largest ghost town” but there are 100 individuals living here currently. The first settler in this town was R.H. Nichols […]