view gallery |  Ghost town of Lignite, Virginia
in Ghost Towns 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: Lignite location: Virginia date listed: 10/22/2007 last visited: 3/15/2008 |
view gallery |  Granite Ghost Town, MT
in Ghost Towns Hector Horton first discovered silver in the general area in 1865. In the autumn of 1872 the Granite mine was discovered by a prospector named Holland. The mine was relocated in 1875. This is one of the best of all ghost camps. posted by: SeabeckTribe location: Montana date listed: 5/3/2006 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Garnet Ghost Mining Town, MT
in Ghost Towns The Bureau of Land Management and the Garnet Preservation Association work together to preserve many original buildings, including the stately Wells Hotel, for posterity. Behind the scenes at Garnet, workers stabilize the old buildings to keep them from falling down. The goal is to retain the ghostly nature of the abandoned buildings while preserving the roofs from caving in and the walls from giving away.
posted by: SeabeckTribe location: Montana date listed: 5/3/2006 last visited: 7/30/2009 |
view gallery |  Grafton, Utah
in Ghost Towns An old ghost town in Utah. posted by: ggmorton location: Utah date listed: 10/7/2007 last visited: 3/12/2009 |
view gallery |  Monson, New Hampshire
in Ghost Towns A ghost town in NH posted by: Mountain_Wanderer location: New Hampshire date listed: 1/17/2006 last visited: 4/18/2006 |
view gallery |  Ghost Town at Terlingua
in Ghost Towns Terlingua was a mining town belonging to the Chiso Mining Company posted by: redcar location: Texas date listed: 1/8/2007 last visited: 1/29/2007 |
view gallery |  Thistle Ghost Town
in Ghost Towns Was the town of Thistle Utah posted by: firennice location: Utah date listed: 7/3/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Friendship
in Ghost Towns This ghost town contains several cellar holes and foundations, all in an open field. posted by: nocturnalaviator location: New Jersey date listed: 11/20/2006 last visited: 2/2/2008 |
view gallery |  San Toy, Ohio
in Ghost Towns Ohio's roughest ghost town, in wild west fashion. posted by: Crystal Sound location: Ohio date listed: 9/4/2007 last visited: 6/7/2009 |
view gallery |  Belle Plain
in Ghost Towns Ghost town and former county seat of Callahan County, Texas. posted by: vanhoose74 location: Texas date listed: 9/1/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Grant, Ontario
in Ghost Towns A ghost town in a park like setting, very close to towns and major highways. posted by: dutchmaster location: Ontario, Canada date listed: 2/28/2006 last visited: 11/2/2008 |
view gallery |  Cisco, Utah
in Ghost Towns Cisco is a ghost town in Utah near the junction of State Route 128
and Interstate 70.... posted by: AD0OR location: Utah date listed: 8/28/2007 last visited: 8/28/2007 |
view gallery |  Animas Forks, Colorado
in Ghost Towns "Three Forks of the Animus" as it was once called, was a prosperous mining town, is now a ghost town visited by 100,000 visitors a year. posted by: 94RedRover location: Colorado date listed: 2/1/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Traxler, FL
in Ghost Towns Traxler is a ghost town located in Alachua County, Florida. Thrived until the early 1900s. posted by: ChapterhouseInc location: Florida date listed: 1/1/2009 last visited: 5/25/2007 |
view gallery |  Ingham Station, Vinton County, Ohio
in Ghost Towns Lesser known, but very interesting ghost town near the infamous Moonville in Zaleski State Forest. posted by: Crystal Sound location: Ohio date listed: 8/31/2006 last visited: 7/27/2008 |
 |  Jeffrey City, Wyoming
in Ghost Towns Jeffrey City, Wyoming isn't your usual ghost town. What sets it apart is it's age- the town was founded in 1931, grew to 4,500 people by 1978, and by 1993 had nearly been abandoned. posted by: DavidMac location: Wyoming date listed: 2/11/2006 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Buckingham
in Ghost Towns South Jersey has many Ghost towns. Buckingham is just one of many. It was abandoned because it's economic base disappeared. Buckingham is a deserted station along the old Tuckerton RR, which has been abandoned too. posted by: chstress53 location: New Jersey date listed: 12/6/2005 last visited: 1/13/2008 |
view gallery |  Hanton City, R.I.
in Ghost Towns Hanton City (known locally as Lost City) is a colonial era ghost town in Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States.
The remains of Hanton City consist of several stone foundations, a burial site, a defunct dam apparently used for irrigation, and a dilapidated scattering of stone walls, typifying it as a standard small New England farming community. The entire site is completely overgrown, making it nearly impossible to locate when any vegetation is present. posted by: dremoto location: Massachusetts date listed: 9/16/2008 last visited: 9/4/2008 |
view gallery |  Diepensee
in Ghost Towns Ghost town: Diepensee posted by: Schatztaucher location: Germany date listed: 12/4/2005 last visited: 9/2/2006 |
view gallery |  Mano, Missouri
in Ghost Towns Ghost town of Mano, Missouri posted by: GEO*Trailblazer 1 location: Missouri date listed: 2/21/2008 last visited: 3/23/2008 |
view gallery |  Kelstern, Sask.
in Ghost Towns Definitely a ghost town. posted by: kjohn73 location: Saskatchewan, Canada date listed: 2/9/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bateman, Sask
in Ghost Towns Small ghost town in southern Saskatchewan. posted by: kjohn73 location: Saskatchewan, Canada date listed: 11/17/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Lost Colony, West Virginia
in Ghost Towns One of the first Ghost Towns in the United States. posted by: Crystal Sound location: West Virginia date listed: 1/18/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery |  LEETOWN - Arkansas
in Ghost Towns Leetown Civil War Ghost Town, Arkansas posted by: GEO*Trailblazer 1 location: Arkansas date listed: 4/13/2008 last visited: 4/13/2008 |
view gallery |  Weer, OK
in Ghost Towns Ghost town in Broken Arrow,OK. posted by: stoneposse location: Oklahoma date listed: 10/14/2006 last visited: 10/14/2006 |
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