Author: Jason Smith - Page 111 - United States Ghost Towns

Rochester, Nevada Ghost Town

Ghost town Rochester’s silver-rich past beckons visitors to explore crumbling ruins where fortunes were made and dreams shattered.

Pennsylvania’s abandoned coal town of Robindale harbors dark secrets beneath its crumbling streets, where tragedy forced residents to flee forever.

Near Lake Mead lies a submerged ghost town that once served as a vital Mormon settlement and river crossing until Hoover Dam changed everything.

Pioneering copper mining town Rio Tinto flourished in Nevada before mysteriously vanishing into history after World War II.

Learn how a thriving lumber town of 800 residents became a haunting ghost town hidden in Pennsylvania’s dense forest.

Mining dreams turned to dust in Richardson, Utah, but the remnants of this 1885 ghost town still whisper frontier tales.

Witness the haunting ruins of Rhyolite, where a three-year gold rush transformed desert into dreamland before vanishing into dust.

Underground coal fires forced Reed’s residents to abandon their homes, leaving behind a haunting Pennsylvania ghost town that still smolders today.

Coal burns endlessly beneath Red Hot, Pennsylvania, transforming a bustling mining town into an eerie, abandoned wasteland shrouded in toxic fumes.

Mining dreams crumbled after natural disasters struck Rawhide, leaving behind a ghost town’s haunting tale of lost fortunes.