Author: Jason Smith - Page 258 - United States Ghost Towns

Mineral City, Idaho Ghost Town

Known for its $12.5 million silver rush legacy, Mineral City’s brick ruins whisper tales of Idaho’s mining era deep in Washington County.

Buried in Alabama’s Piedmont hills, Minden’s mysterious one-year existence as a post office town leaves visitors wondering what really happened.

This frontier river town vanished mysteriously in Brown County, leaving only a cemetery and unanswered questions about its demise.

When a devastating flood swept through this frontier stagecoach town in 1892, Millville’s residents fled, leaving haunting ruins behind.

Millsdale’s abandoned railroad hub tells a haunting tale of how this bustling livestock center became an industrial ghost town.

This forgotten Illinois prairie town, founded in the 1820s, disappeared without a trace—but its remarkable story lives on.

Discover how a thriving railroad town in Illinois vanished into thin air, leaving only memories and mysteries behind.

Located southeast of Iowa City, Midway’s rise and fall as a bustling farming settlement reveals Iowa’s forgotten pioneer past.

Situated near Fairbanks, Meehan’s abandoned ruins whisper stories of gold rush fortunes before nature reclaimed this once-bustling mining town.

Just off the old Illinois Central tracks lies McVey, a vanished railroad town with secrets buried beneath its crumbling foundations.