Ghost towns are amazing places to visit. They not only captivate our imaginations but also bring to life great lessons about life from our forefathers. Many logging, railroad stations and mining towns in Michigan are now ghost towns. Visiting some of these places you will come across ruins of buildings and other infrastructure that bear […]
Ghost Towns
There are hundreds of old mining towns that are now just ghost towns, long ago abandoned after the richest minerals were extracted. These historic places can be fascinating to explore today.
6 Fascinating Iowa Ghost Towns – Then and Now
Most people today see Iowa as an agricultural state with wide open spaces, but the state has a long history that has left behind a trail of ghost towns worth visiting. The building of the railway in the state and the early coal mining activities also contributed to the creation of ghost towns. Some of […]
6 South Dakota Ghost Towns Abandoned by the Gold Miners
South Dakota has a rich geology that contained precious metals and minerals. The news of gold in South Dakota brought in hundreds of thousands of miners and fortune seekers over 120 years ago when news of gold discovery first broke out. Many of the places where gold or any other precious metal ore was discovered […]
6 Indiana Ghost Towns – Gone and (Almost) Forgotten
There are a number of iconic Indiana ghost towns that are worth visiting. Like most other states that lie between the Rockies and the Appalachians, most of the state’s ghost towns are very old and have been reduced to forgotten ruins. Indiana is an agriculturally rich state and attracted many immigrants when the territory was […]
5 North Dakota Ghost Towns you Should See at Least Once
Old Abandoned Buildings and North Dakota Ghost Towns worth Visiting During the early years of the North Dakota Territory many boom towns sprung up across the state. Most of this town developed because of rich agricultural, mining, local politics or railroad construction. Because of the nature of these factors, not many of these towns grew […]
7 Alabama Ghost Towns with a Rich Gold Mining History
There’s still beauty and mystery surrounding these Alabama Ghost Towns In the southern state of Alabama lies many communities that were once overflowing with vigor, but now show no signs of mortal life. Some were originally founded because marble, gold, other minerals were discovered and mined in these areas. Others were small cities with happy […]
7 Louisiana Ghost Towns Hidden Deep in the Bayou
These Louisiana ghost towns have some amazing history. Explore them at your own risk! Deep within Louisiana’s bayous and swamplands are some of the most strange, deserted ghost towns anywhere. Bayou Corne, Louisiana (Assumption Parish) From a picturesque town adored by sportsmen who fished its plentiful waterways – to an entire community gobbled […]
5 of Montana’s Best Preserved Gold Mining Ghost Towns
Gold was first discovered in Montana in the late 1850s. The news of this discovery brought in thousands of miners and in just a few years Montana was dotted with gold mining boomtowns. Over a few decades tons of gold, copper, zinc and silver among other precious minerals were extracted by the resident of these […]
6 Fascinating Ghost Towns in Kansas that You Can Visit
Hundreds of towns in Kansas flourished for a few years then died as a result of bad weather, depletion of minerals, railroad construction or local politics. This left behind a lot of historic ghost towns of which some still stands up to this day. Here are six historic ghost towns in Kansas that are worth […]
8 Ghost Towns in Colorado with Abandoned Gold & Silver Mines
Although there is no official record, it is said that over 600 ghost towns remain in the state of Colorado. What were the causes of death of the communities that held so much promise? Reasons include closed mines due to depopulation of rural towns, the demise of much of the coal industry, and drop in […]
7 Beautifully Haunting Ghost Towns in Utah
Without a doubt, Utah is one of the most picturesque of our United States. Within its beauty lie strange and haunted cities where mysterious secrets and haunted tales reside. Here represents but a few of these tantalizing ghost towns in Utah with their fascinating history. Latuda, Utah (Carbon County) One of the spookiest […]
9 Beautiful New Mexico Ghost Towns – Then & Now
Nome, Alaska – Mining on the Richest Beach on Earth
This Montana Mining Town has Gold Buried Right under Main Street!
Helena is one of the Richest of the Montana Mining Towns Montana has a rich and diverse variety of different minerals that have been mined in the state. There is copper, platinum, sapphires, and a wide array of different metals and gems that are mined here, but it was the discovery of gold that first […]
Bisbee Mines – The Copper Queen Brings Thousands to Arizona
The Bisbee Mines turn a remote piece of the Arizona desert into a booming mining town During the period of the American Gold Rush in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Bisbee, Arizona, located in Cochise County, just southeast of Tuscon, was known as the “Queen of the Copper Camps.” Unlike many towns in the […]