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A ghost town is a town that has been abandoned, usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or because of natural or human-caused disasters.
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Ghost TownsPainted Hand Pueblo, Cortez, CO

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Part of the Canyons of the Ancients historical park in Southwest Colorado, the Painted Hand Pueblo is a remote, yet great example of ancestral puebloan life before 1100 AD.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 3/10/2008

last visited: 8/19/2007

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Ghost TownsFar View Sites, Mesa Verde Park, CO

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Mesa Top ruins such as the Far View Sites, range in date from 750 AD, earlier than the reknown cliff dwellings in the area, but just as impressive. Meas Verde National Park offers visitors a trip into the past...

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 3/10/2008

last visited: 9/10/2011

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Ghost TownsLowry Pueblo Ruins, Dolores CO

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Actually off of 491 in Pleasant View, down County Rd CC, the Lowry Pueblo Ruins are a fine example of mesa life for the ancestral Puebloan people.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 3/10/2008

last visited: 5/27/2012

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Ghost TownsBalcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, CO

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The Balcony House is one of the ruins that is not visible from the roadway, but from the view and meeting area for this tour, there are numerous other dwellings visible.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 3/8/2008

last visited: 5/28/2012

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Ghost TownsCliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, CO

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Along Ruins Road in Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado offers one of the best "top cliff" views of Cliff Palace, but along Mesa Top Ruins Road is the meeting area for the tours.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 3/8/2008

last visited: 5/28/2012

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Ghost TownsSpruce Tree House, Mesa Verde Park, CO

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Spruce Tree House, located off the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa verde National Park is one of the best preserved cliff dwelling in the park, and is accessible by self-guided tour.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 94RedRover

location: Colorado

date approved: 3/8/2008

last visited: 8/6/2012

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Ghost TownsMano, Missouri

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Ghost town of Mano, Missouri

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member GEO*Trailblazer 1

location: Missouri

date approved: 2/21/2008

last visited: 3/23/2013

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Ghost TownsAtsion, NJ

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This 1770s era bog iron forge community was located along the Mullica River in the Pine Barrens, along US 206, nine miles north of Hammonton and 26 AIR miles southeast of Camden.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: New Jersey

date approved: 2/6/2008

last visited: 7/8/2011

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Ghost TownsWhitney, Oregon

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Ghost town of Whitney along Ore. Hwy. 7.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy

location: Oregon

date approved: 12/22/2007

last visited: 12/22/2007

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Ghost TownsClifton, Minnesota

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Historical marker for a ghost town in northern Minnesota.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Minnesota

date approved: 12/10/2007

last visited: 5/20/2011

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Ghost TownsBuchanan, Minnesota

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Historical marker commemorating a ghost town in northern Minnesota.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Minnesota

date approved: 12/4/2007

last visited: 9/24/2010

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Ghost TownsBroughton Nova Scotia

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An early coal mining town on Cape Breton Island, Nova scotia Canada

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member stagunner

location: Nova Scotia, Canada

date approved: 11/18/2007

last visited: 3/24/2008

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Ghost TownsWonderland, Ohio

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A lost community, nestled between Gahanna and the Port Columbus Airport.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Crystal Sound

location: Ohio

date approved: 11/4/2007

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsGhost town of Lignite, Virginia

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This is the only "true" ghost town in Virginia. Iron ore boom town formed in mid 1800's, had company store, churches, main street theatre, etc abandoned when ore business dropped.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lignite

location: Virginia

date approved: 10/22/2007

last visited: 3/15/2008

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Ghost TownsGrafton, Utah

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An old ghost town in Utah.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ggmorton

location: Utah

date approved: 10/7/2007

last visited: 3/14/2011

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Ghost TownsTexola, OK

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Abandoned town on the border between Texas & Oklahoma

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Team Farkle 7

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 9/18/2007

last visited: 2/11/2008

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Ghost TownsLeete (Eagle Salt Works), Nevada

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From 1871 through 1915, this town housed the mills and employees of Eagle Salt Works.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Nitro929

location: Nevada

date approved: 9/13/2007

last visited: 5/20/2012

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Ghost TownsSlaterville, Idaho

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Slaterville, Idaho was founded as a steamboat port in 1861 but was short lived as it was replaced by Lewiston as the steamboat port.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Idaho

date approved: 9/8/2007

last visited: never

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Ghost TownsSan Toy, Ohio

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Ohio's roughest ghost town, in wild west fashion.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Crystal Sound

location: Ohio

date approved: 9/4/2007

last visited: 11/5/2011

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Ghost TownsCisco, Utah

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Cisco is a ghost town in Utah near the junction of State Route 128 and Interstate 70....

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Utah

date approved: 8/28/2007

last visited: 10/19/2011

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Ghost TownsManchester, South Dakota

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This town was totally destroyed by a tornado in June 2003.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member MNSearchers

location: South Dakota

date approved: 7/25/2007

last visited: 2/19/2011

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Ghost TownsMinnesela, SD USA

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Minnesela (Sioux word for red waters), SD was th first county seat and the first town in Butte County, SD. Greed, temperance-minded women, a fast horse and Seth Bullock’s behind-the-scenes orchestration all contributed to the town’s demise.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member plainsdrifter358

location: South Dakota

date approved: 7/25/2007

last visited: 6/21/2011

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Ghost TownsDover, Wisconsin

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Site of the former village of Dover, Wisconsin

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Wisconsin

date approved: 6/24/2007

last visited: 7/16/2012

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Ghost TownsVya, Nevada

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A small ghost town located in Washoe County, in northwestern Nevada. Not much remains of the town, which may have died in the 1920s, but two wooden buildings can still be seen--the Vya Post Office and School, reputedly run by a married couple.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Nevada Desert Rat

location: Nevada

date approved: 6/10/2007

last visited: 6/25/2010

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Ghost TownsDoodleTown

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Trailway enterance in located on Route 9W in the Bear Mountain State Park In NY,

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member StingerT125

location: New York

date approved: 6/9/2007

last visited: 9/26/2009

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