Wild West
Ghost towns
Bodie, Oatman, Centralia: abandoned places from the gold rush, mining and Route 66 – some preserved as state parks, some only ruins.
- 673
- ghost towns in this area
- 53
- states/provinces with entries
- 1584
- oldest founded
By state
Alabama 10
Ghost town
Lacon
Ghost town
Booger Tree
Alaska 13
Ghost town
Dyea
Foto: Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948 (Lib. Uni. Wash., description), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Council
Ghost town
Ophir
Ghost town
Prospect Creek
Ghost town
Unga
Ghost town
Portage
Ghost town
Portlock
Alberta 5
Ghost town
Georgetown
Ghost town
Port Cornwall
Arizona 40
Ghost town
White Hills
Foto: United States Department of the Interior, No restrictions (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Swansea
Foto: US Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DOI notice http://www.doi.gov/disclaimer.html), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Adamana
Ghost town
Gleeson
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Bobby~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Cleator
Ghost town
Pearce
Ghost town
Tip Top
Foto: Unknown. 19th Century Photo (1888). More than 120 years since its creation in 1888., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Cordes
Ghost town
Signal
Ghost town
Wolf Hole
Ghost town
Tiger
Ghost town
Total Wreck
Foto: Unknown. 19th Century Photo (1885). More than 120 years since its creation in 1885., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Alamo Crossing
Ghost town
Allen
Ghost town
Jerome Junction
Ghost town
Canyon Diablo
Ghost town
Contention City
Foto: Unknown. 19th Century Photo (1880). More than 120 years since its creation in 1880., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Courtland
Arkansas 5
Ghost town
Mauldin
Ghost town
Midway
Ghost town
Sexton
Ghost town
Whitepine
British Columbia 6
California 40
Ghost town
Shasta
Ghost town
Caribou
Ghost town
Valley Wells
Ghost town
Skidoo
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. LHOON assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Goffs
Ghost town
Agua Fria
Ghost town
Garlock
Ghost town
Rice
Ghost town
Masonic
Ghost town
Banner
Ghost town
Earp
Ghost town
Vanderbilt
Ghost town
North Bloomfield
Ghost town
Fremont Landing
Ghost town
Greenwater
Colorado 34
Ghost town
Ludlow
Foto: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Sopris
Ghost town
Madrid
Ghost town
Carbonate
Ghost town
Dakan
Ghost town
Dallas
Ghost town
Trump
Connecticut 4
Florida 17
Ghost town
Fort Dallas
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Averette assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Rosewood
Ghost town
Muscogee
Foto: Pensacola, Fla. : The Southern States Lumber Co., [ca. 1903]., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Fort Brooke
Foto: Charleston, S.C. : T.F. Gray and James, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Acron
Ghost town
Fort Drum
Ghost town
Gulf City
Ghost town
Atsena Otie Key
Ghost town
Magnolia
Foto: The original uploader was Noles1984 at English Wikipedia., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Vicksburg
Ghost town
Ellaville
Georgia 4
Hawaii 4
Ghost town
Waiakea
Idaho 14
Ghost town
Bonanza
Ghost town
Mount Idaho
Ghost town
Florence
Ghost town
Chesterfield
Foto: Val Roberts and Chesterfield Foundation, Inc, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Rocky Bar
Ghost town
Black Pine
Ghost town
Joseph
Illinois 20
Ghost town
Bourbonais
Ghost town
Elm Point
Ghost town
Weston
Ghost town
Sylvan
Ghost town
Griffin
Ghost town
Gurney
Ghost town
Bethel
Ghost town
Cardiff
Ghost town
Brush Point
Ghost town
Coltonville
Ghost town
Vishnu Springs
Ghost town
Wanborough
Ghost town
White Oak Springs
Ghost town
Midway
Ghost town
Milton
Ghost town
Tedens
Ghost town
Shasta
Ghost town
Tacaogane
Indiana 16
Ghost town
Baltimore
Ghost town
Warrenton
Ghost town
Tremont
Ghost town
Anita
Ghost town
Dunn
Ghost town
Toronto
Ghost town
Wynnsboro
Ghost town
Heath
Ghost town
Harrisonville
Ghost town
Wyandot
Ghost town
Sheff
Ghost town
West Dana
Ghost town
Springville
Iowa 12
Ghost town
Elkport
Ghost town
Littleport
Foto: The original uploader was Seth Ilys at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Fisk
Ghost town
Conover
Ghost town
Dudley
Ghost town
Mount Pisgah
Ghost town
Siegel
Ghost town
Big Spring
Kansas 21
Ghost town
Treece
Ghost town
Achilles
Ghost town
Twin Mound
Foto: Brian Hall (Bhall87 at English Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Pawnee
Ghost town
Richland
Ghost town
Coronado
Ghost town
Woodsdale
Ghost town
Eminence
Ghost town
Wingate
Ghost town
Brookdale
Ghost town
Hampton
Ghost town
West Point
Ghost town
Sibley
Ghost town
Chicago
Ghost town
Comiskey
Kentucky 2
Ghost town
Scuffletown
Ghost town
Stop
Louisiana 4
Ghost town
Burrwood
Ghost town
Alma
Ghost town
La Balize
Ghost town
False River
Maine 1
Manitoba 1
Ghost town
Port Nelson
Maryland 1
Massachusetts 2
Michigan 4
Ghost town
Gibbs City
Ghost town
Rawsonville
Ghost town
Shelldrake
Minnesota 13
Ghost town
Manganese
Foto: Postcard says "First Residence at Manganese Minn. Photo by JC Amundson" on the front. eBay description says "1917 Manganese Minnesota Homestead Auto Real Photo Postcard RPPC / Unused, unsent card, dated on back in pencil", Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Winner
Ghost town
Ash Creek
Ghost town
Robbin
Ghost town
Costin Village
Ghost town
Wareham
Ghost town
Terrebonne
Ghost town
Leaf River
Ghost town
Cuba
Ghost town
Spina
Mississippi 16
Ghost town
Tocowa
Ghost town
Yale
Ghost town
Woolworth
Ghost town
Van Buren
Ghost town
Wheeling
Ghost town
Uniontown
Ghost town
Mount Carmel
Ghost town
Winchester
Ghost town
Midway
Ghost town
Selsertown
Ghost town
Valena
Ghost town
Riverton
Ghost town
Old Greenville
Missouri 11
Ghost town
Wakenda
Ghost town
Poplin
Ghost town
Clementine
Ghost town
Emmett
Ghost town
Ann
Ghost town
Carson
Ghost town
Shepard
Ghost town
Belmont
Ghost town
Terre Haute
Ghost town
Alamode
Montana 29
Ghost town
Carter
Ghost town
Fox
Ghost town
Vandalia
Ghost town
Garnet
Ghost town
Nevada City
Ghost town
Aldridge
Ghost town
Ingomar
Ghost town
Lonetree
Ghost town
Carlyle
Ghost town
Capitol
Ghost town
Bearmouth
Ghost town
Armstead
Ghost town
Coloma
Ghost town
Wheat Basin
Ghost town
Hecla
Ghost town
Hell Gate
Ghost town
Melrose
Ghost town
Mondak
Foto: I reproduced a PD image held by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Taft
Nebraska 6
Ghost town
Factoryville
Ghost town
DeWitty
Nevada 40
Ghost town
White Cloud City
Ghost town
Vanderbilt
Ghost town
Patsville
Ghost town
Vya
Ghost town
Bonnie Claire
Ghost town
Crystal
Ghost town
Bullfrog
Ghost town
Carrara
Ghost town
Coaldale
Ghost town
Arthur
Ghost town
Vernon
Ghost town
Sherman
Ghost town
Nevada City
New Hampshire 1
Ghost town
Livermore
New Jersey 5
Ghost town
Ong's Hat
Foto: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster), CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Raritan Landing
Foto: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
New Mexico 23
Ghost town
Piñon
Ghost town
Bonanza City
Ghost town
Separ
Ghost town
Gage
Ghost town
Bluit
Ghost town
Ancho
Ghost town
Red Hill
Ghost town
Buckman
Ghost town
Mangas
Newfoundland and Labrador 8
Ghost town
Davis Cove
Ghost town
Butter Cove
Ghost town
Bay de L'Eau
Ghost town
Anderson's Cove
Ghost town
Chimney Cove
Ghost town
Point Enragée
Ghost town
Coppett
Ghost town
Gooseberry Cove
North Carolina 2
North Dakota 12
Ghost town
Van Hook
Ghost town
Hartland
Ghost town
Sims
Ghost town
Ukraina
Ghost town
Charbonneau
Ghost town
Verendrye
Nunavut 3
Ghost town
Fort Ross
Ghost town
Native Point
Ghost town
Brooman Point Village
Ohio 7
Ghost town
Three Legs Town
Ghost town
Edinburgh
Ghost town
Rossville
Oklahoma 22
Ghost town
Cayuga
Ghost town
Avard
Ghost town
Piney
Ghost town
Hext
Ghost town
Aaron
Ghost town
Brinkman
Ghost town
Douthat
Ghost town
Adamson
Ghost town
Alpha
Ghost town
Lenna
Ghost town
Acme
Ghost town
America
Ghost town
Independence
Ghost town
Redden
Ghost town
Cross
Ghost town
Agawam
Ontario 4
Ghost town
Aultsville
Ghost town
Depot Harbour
Ghost town
Mille Roches
Oregon 40
Ghost town
Kerby
Ghost town
Idiotville
Ghost town
Danner
Ghost town
Latourell
Ghost town
Friend
Ghost town
Brighton
Ghost town
Buena Vista
Ghost town
Pinehurst
Ghost town
Zena
Ghost town
Austin
Ghost town
Auburn
Ghost town
Necanicum
Ghost town
Thatcher
Ghost town
Saint Joseph
Ghost town
Yarnell
Pennsylvania 3
Saskatchewan 2
Ghost town
Edenbridge
Ghost town
Glasnevin
South Carolina 1
Ghost town
Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site
Foto: Frederick D. Nichols, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
South Dakota 4
Ghost town
Manchester
Foto: Courtesy of the U.S Geological Survey Uploaded by Bravo Foxtrot at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Tennessee 2
Texas 40
Ghost town
Preston
Ghost town
Praha
Foto: The original uploader was Aida at Czech Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Independence
Ghost town
Langtry
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Brownings assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Allamoore
Ghost town
Crisp
Ghost town
Fairy
Ghost town
Telico
Ghost town
Chalk Mountain
Ghost town
Justiceburg
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Nach0king assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Adkins
Ghost town
Pleasant Hill
Ghost town
Fort McKavett
Ghost town
Grapetown
Ghost town
Blumenthal
Ghost town
Jot Em Down
Ghost town
Marysville
Ghost town
Plata
Utah 40
Ghost town
Bingham Canyon
Foto: Shipler Commercial Photographers; Shipler, Harry, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Fruita
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Mav assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Jericho
Ghost town
Ajax
Ghost town
Rockport
Ghost town
Alunite
Ghost town
Lark
Ghost town
Black Rock
Ghost town
Blue Creek
Ghost town
Bridgeport
Ghost town
Keetley
Ghost town
Dragon
Ghost town
Terrace
Ghost town
Miners Basin
Ghost town
Mohrland
Washington 40
Ghost town
Wellington
Ghost town
Elberton
Ghost town
Bodie
Ghost town
Skagit City
Ghost town
Osceola
Ghost town
Goshen
Ghost town
Leadpoint
Ghost town
Fairfax
Ghost town
Attalia
Ghost town
Nighthawk
Ghost town
Alderdale
Ghost town
Ankeny
Ghost town
Riparia
Ghost town
Taunton
Ghost town
Whitney
Ghost town
Bossburg
Ghost town
Baird
Ghost town
Weston
Ghost town
Loop Loop
Ghost town
Nagrom
Ghost town
Ruby
Ghost town
Sherman
Ghost town
Almota
Ghost town
Bishop
Ghost town
Bonita
Ghost town
Gilmer
West Virginia 5
Ghost town
Thurmond
Foto: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Alum Springs
Ghost town
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District
Foto: Bestbudbrian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Huntsville
Wisconsin 5
Ghost town
Adams Center
Ghost town
Wakefield
Ghost town
Williamsburg
Ghost town
Anchorage
Ghost town
Quincy
Wyoming 7
Ghost town
Bryan
Ghost town
Kane
Ghost town
Cambria
Yukon 2
Ghost town
Canyon City
Good to know
- Many ghost towns are on gravel roads – check whether your rental car is allowed there.
- Bring enough water and fuel: there is often no gas station or signal for hours.
- Don’t enter ruins or mines – they can collapse. Take nothing: it is prohibited in state parks.
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