Author: Jason Smith - Page 359 - United States Ghost Towns

Olympus, Tennessee Ghost Town

In 1940s Tennessee, an entire town vanished beneath Dale Hollow Lake, taking with it the birthplace of a Nobel laureate.

When Tennessee’s Old Butler vanished beneath Watauga Lake in 1948, an entire community left behind their homes for higher ground.

Mountain settlers carved out No Business, Tennessee, until World War II emptied this ghost town of its pioneering spirit.

Now submerged beneath Tellico Lake, Morganton’s underwater ruins reveal a once-thriving river port with centuries of untold stories.

Hidden beneath Norris Lake lies Loyston, a forgotten Tennessee town forced underwater in 1936 by the TVA’s dam project.

Hidden beneath Percy Priest Lake lies Jefferson, Tennessee’s ghostly remains, where pioneers and presidents once walked these sunken streets.

Knowing what happened to this Cherokee settlement turned ghost town will change how you see Tennessee’s haunting past.

In Tennessee’s Cumberland Mountains lies Fork Mountain, a haunted ghost town where coal miners’ dreams turned to dust.

Lost in the Smoky Mountains, Elkmont’s abandoned resort town reveals a mysterious past through its weathered cabins and forgotten stories.

Buried deep in Tennessee’s valleys, Devonia’s haunting coal mining ruins whisper stories of a once-bustling company town’s mysterious decline.