Author: Jason Smith - Page 99 - United States Ghost Towns

Alcove Springs, Kansas Ghost Town

Glimpse into a haunting Oregon Trail waypoint where pioneers’ carved signatures and a limestone waterfall echo stories of westward dreams.

Traces of a murdered trader’s 1850s Kansas settlement reveal the dark fate of Agnes City along the Santa Fe Trail.

Lost in Marshall County, Afton’s crumbling ruins whisper tales of German settlers, bustling railways, and vanished dreams along historic Route 66.

Journey through Acres, Kansas, where a solitary grain elevator guards the secrets of this vanished prairie town’s immigrant past.

Once a bustling frontier town with daily stagecoaches and 75 residents, Achilles, Kansas now stands empty, its untold stories lost to time.

Serving briefly as Lincoln County’s first seat, Abram’s mysterious decline holds untold tales of frontier politics and broken dreams.

Seeking frontier fortune, 110 Mile Creek’s ghost town recalls a bloody Kansas Territory past through its abandoned bridges and lonely graves.

Concealed within Palm Beach County’s landscape lies Zion’s haunting remains, where a thriving 1860s farming settlement met its mysterious demise.

Near Florida’s Beeline Highway lies Zana’s haunting remains, where a once-thriving railroad community succumbed to nature’s devastating freeze.

Discover how a thriving Black settlement near Jacksonville transformed into a ghost town after the Navy declared it unsafe.