Author: Jason Smith - Page 177 - United States Ghost Towns

Shaker Village, Ohio Ghost Town

Hidden among Ohio’s rolling hills, White Water Shaker Village’s 23 abandoned buildings whisper tales of a once-thriving religious commune.

Known for bootlegging and bloodshed, San Toy’s abandoned streets hold dark secrets from its wild days as a booming Ohio mining town.

Mysterious stone ruins are all that remain of Rural Hill, where a Syrian immigrant’s slaughterhouse once powered this thriving Ohio town.

Learn how a forgotten Ohio ghost town became a rare beacon of racial harmony in pre-Civil War America.

In southeastern Ohio’s Fairfield County, the haunting ruins of Revenge conceal dark legends of restless spirits and mysterious encounters.

Beyond Providence’s decaying canal ruins lies a haunting tale of fires, epidemics, and mysterious forces that doomed this once-thriving Ohio port.

Perched along Route 160, Oreton’s abandoned coal mine ruins whisper tales of a once-thriving Ohio mining town’s rise and mysterious decline.

Newville’s pioneer village lies beneath Pleasant Hill Lake’s waters, forced underwater by a 1940s dam project that drowned its history.

What became of New Hampton’s bustling frontier town after the National Road bypassed this once-promising Ohio settlement in the 1820s?

When an entire Ohio town vanished beneath Caesar Creek Lake, its 275 residents left behind more than just empty streets.