Author: Jason Smith - Page 21 - United States Ghost Towns

Barstow, California Ghost Town

Glimpse into Barstow’s silver rush glory days, where fortunes were made and lost in California’s legendary mining boomtown.

Mining dreams and citrus groves once flourished in Barnes Settlement, where weathered ruins now whisper tales of California’s golden past.

Just outside Tracy lies Banta’s haunted inn, where ghostly patrons from its stagecoach days still linger in this historic California settlement.

In California’s Panamint Valley, the haunting ruins of Ballarat whisper tales of gold rush dreams and abandoned fortunes.

Underneath California’s rugged canyons, Balaklava Hill’s abandoned mines whisper tales of silver fortunes, outlaws, and mysterious tragedies.

Ghostly remains of Colorado’s silver mining heyday linger in Bakerville, where fortune seekers once struck it rich above timberline.

Journey through Bailey’s haunted past as this Colorado ghost town reveals its secrets from stagecoach stops to railroad glory.

Perched along Route 66, Bagdad’s abandoned ruins whisper tales of gold mining fortunes and America’s longest recorded drought.

Lurking in southern Arizona’s rugged terrain, Aztec ghost town reveals preserved treasures from the 1880s railroad era and ancient cliff dwellings.

Pioneering oil town Avena boomed to 4,000 residents before mysteriously vanishing into California’s Kettleman Plains during the 1960s.