Author: Jason Smith

Swastika, Texas Ghost Town

Before its haunting decline, Swastika, Texas thrived as a coal mining powerhouse until mysterious forces led to its ultimate abandonment.

Concealed beneath Lake Livingston’s waters lies Swartwout, a once-bustling Texas river port with ties to Sam Houston.

Prosperous health resort turned ghost town, Sutherland Springs holds haunting remnants of its grand hotel and healing sulfur springs.

Climb through the haunting ruins of Sunshine Hill, where an oil-rich Texas boomtown’s dramatic rise and fall left only memories behind.

Journey through Sunnyside, Texas – not a ghost town, but a living testament to Black resilience since 1912.

Nearly forgotten Sumpter, Texas vanished after a courthouse fire in 1872, leaving only its cemetery to tell tales of glory.

Sulphur Springs isn’t really a ghost town, but its phantom railroad tales might make you wonder what else lurks here.

Ghostly remnants of Port Sullivan, once a thriving Texas riverfront town of 1,400, now whisper tales of its forgotten past.

Ghost town Stiles reveals its haunting 1911 limestone courthouse ruins, a testament to Texas frontier dreams gone awry.

Hidden in rural Texas, Steward’s Mill ghost town whispers tales of frontier life through its historic church and abandoned storefronts.