Author: Jason Smith - Page 17 - United States Ghost Towns

Buckskin Joe (Laurette, Lauret), Colorado Ghost Town

Mining boomtown Buckskin Joe vanished after $16 million in gold, but its ghostly Colorado legacy lives on.

Gold miners carved a secret limestone world at Buckeye Hill until nature reclaimed its caverns.

A forgotten Gold Rush outpost where I.E. Brown’s sawmill once thrived, this Sierra Nevada ghost town holds secrets of California’s mining past.

Perched in Las Animas County, Brodhead’s crumbling foundations whisper stories of a once-thriving coal town that suddenly disappeared.

Determined Mormon pioneers built Brigham City behind massive adobe walls, but what catastrophic events doomed this ambitious desert settlement?

Kept hidden from tourists, Branson City’s ghostly ruins tell a tale of gold rush ambition crushed by Julian’s superior fortune.

Deserted after a meteoric rise, Bradshaw City’s stone ruins whisper tales of gold fever that transformed Arizona’s wilderness.

Weathered ruins of Bradford Siding whisper tales of clay mining prosperity before the desert reclaimed this forgotten California railroad outpost.

Kern County’s forgotten Gold Rush town Borel, recently ravaged by wildfire, reveals surprising secrets beyond its abandoned buildings.

A haunting Wild West town where Billy the Kid claimed his first victim still beckons visitors to explore its mysterious ruins.