Author: Jason Smith

Zincville, Oklahoma Ghost Town

From bustling zinc mining hub to toxic ghost town, Zincville’s haunting ruins tell a tale of Oklahoma’s industrial rise and fall.

Mysterious remnants of Oklahoma’s farming past linger in Zena’s abandoned storefronts and historic Baptist church near Grand Lake.

Submerged beneath Fort Gibson Lake lies Yonkers, a forgotten railroad town with secrets waiting to be uncovered.

This forgotten Oklahoma railroad town flipped Admiral Dewey’s name to survive, but couldn’t outlast the changing tides of progress.

Founded as a thriving Black settlement in 1890s Oklahoma, Wybark’s path from prosperity to abandonment reveals untold stories of freedom.

A thriving frontier town now rests beneath Lake Texoma’s waters, where mysterious lights dance above its watery grave.

Journey through Woodford’s haunting ruins, where crumbling buildings hide tales of outlaws, lost treasures, and a town’s mysterious demise.

Hidden in Oklahoma’s wheat fields lies Womack’s haunting story of zinc mining prosperity turned ghost town isolation.

Journey into Wolf, Oklahoma’s forgotten oil town, where abandoned buildings whisper tales of frontier dreams and sudden decline.

Once a booming WWI mining town of 14,000 people, Witcher, Oklahoma now stands silent except for its historic cemetery.