Author: Jason Smith - Page 2 - United States Ghost Towns

Cabernet, California Ghost Town

Known for its abandoned wine cellars and volcanic terroir, Cabernet’s ghostly vineyards whisper secrets of a Prohibition-era collapse.

A forgotten Gold Rush settlement shrouded in mystery, Burkeville emerges from Lake Isabella’s depths when waters recede.

Hidden in Arizona’s hills, Bumble Bee Ghost Town whispers tales of gold prospectors, stagecoach robberies, and its curious bee-inspired origin.

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.