Author: Jason Smith - Page 159 - United States Ghost Towns

Shaffer, Kansas Ghost Town

Uncover the haunting tale of Shaffer, Kansas, where a lone pioneer’s dream became a thriving town before vanishing into history.

Historic Kansas railroad town Saxman once boasted a presidential brass band, but what caused this thriving community’s mysterious decline?

Nestled in south-central Kansas, Saratoga’s haunting ruins reveal a once-thriving prairie town’s dramatic rise and mysterious fall.

When a thriving frontier town of 2,000 vanished without a trace, Santa Fe’s dramatic story became Kansas’ most intriguing ghost town mystery.

Nearly 500 pioneers built Salem into a thriving Kansas town, until one fateful railroad decision changed everything.

In 1880s Kansas, Irish immigrant Ned Turnley built a peculiar British paradise that would soon become a haunting prairie ghost town.

Ghost town Roxbury’s abandoned Main Street whispers tales of Swedish pioneers and forgotten dreams in Kansas’ Gypsum Valley.

Uncover how this bustling Kansas railroad town of 600 residents transformed into a haunting ghost town with just 149 souls.

Near Buffalo Bill Cody’s former frontier town, Rome’s abandoned ruins tell a tale of fierce rivalry and fleeting frontier dreams.

Under Kansas prairies lies Rollin’s forgotten tale of coal mines, pioneer dreams, and a ghostly hilltop cemetery watching time slip away.