Author: Jason Smith - Page 24 - United States Ghost Towns

Argo, Montana Ghost Town

Known for extracting millions in precious metals, Argo’s abandoned mines hold secrets from Montana’s bustling mining era.

Discover the haunting remains of Arena, North Dakota, where abandoned grain elevators and a lonely church tell tales of lost prosperity.

Ghost stories and aging residents haunt Amidon, North Dakota’s smallest county seat, where only 22 people keep this prairie town alive.

Submerged beneath Montana’s Sherburne Lakes lies Alton, a forgotten copper mining boomtown with secrets waiting to be uncovered.

Nearly forgotten in LaMoure County, Alfred’s abandoned buildings whisper stories of English settlers and agricultural dreams that once flourished.

Near Yellowstone’s edge lies Aldridge, where 400 miners once extracted 500 tons of coal daily before strikes and struggles silenced operations.

Ghost town Albion’s silver-mining ruins and abandoned equipment reveal Montana’s forgotten boomtown deep within the Tobacco Root Mountains.

Journey through Zena’s haunting remnants, where two Missouri brothers’ wives inspired a ghost town’s mysterious legacy near Salem, Oregon.

While dreams of becoming Oregon’s greatest port city flourished in the 1880s, Yaquina’s dramatic fall left only memories and ruins behind.

In Oregon’s Blue Mountains, a once-thriving logging town named Whitney now stands frozen in time, its abandoned buildings whispering tales untold.