Author: Jason Smith - Page 120 - United States Ghost Towns

La Plata, Utah Ghost Town

Begun by a horse’s lucky kick, La Plata’s meteoric rise to silver riches vanished almost as quickly as it appeared.

Built on faith and silver, Knightsville stood apart from wild western mining towns until its treasures ran dry.

A forgotten Utah ghost town reveals its pioneer secrets through crumbling foundations and a lonely cemetery with untold stories.

When a 1965 dam project submerged an entire Seneca settlement, Kinzua’s untold stories and sacred grounds vanished beneath the waves.

Perched at nearly 9,000 feet, this abandoned gold mining town once produced millions before its mysterious decline in Utah’s Tushar Mountains.

Wander through Utah’s abandoned railroad hub of Kelton, where rusting relics and weathered graves whisper tales of the Old West.

From bustling coal mines to haunting ruins, Kelly’s Station’s abandoned streets whisper tales of Pennsylvania’s forgotten railroad empire.

Hidden beneath Jordanelle Reservoir lies Keetley, a former mining boomtown with secrets waiting to be uncovered.

In this abandoned Pennsylvania coal town, immigrant miners once chased the American Dream before Keel Run became frozen in time.

Prospectors struck gold in Jungo, Nevada in 1907, but what drove thousands to abandon this once-bustling mining town?