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Oreton, Ohio Ghost Town

Perched along Route 160, Oreton’s abandoned coal mine ruins whisper tales of a once-thriving Ohio mining town’s rise and mysterious decline.

Newville’s pioneer village lies beneath Pleasant Hill Lake’s waters, forced underwater by a 1940s dam project that drowned its history.

What became of New Hampton’s bustling frontier town after the National Road bypassed this once-promising Ohio settlement in the 1820s?

When an entire Ohio town vanished beneath Caesar Creek Lake, its 275 residents left behind more than just empty streets.

Journey through Ohio’s haunted Moonville Tunnel, where ghostly legends and crumbling ruins tell tales of a vanished mining town.

Hidden among Ross County’s hills, Knockemstiff’s abandoned buildings and violent past tell tales of moonshine, brawls, and ghostly legends.

Scattered ruins and wild daffodils mark the haunting remains of Ingham, a forgotten Ohio coal town with mysterious tales to uncover.

Nestled in southeastern Ohio, the ghost town of Hibernia reveals a forgotten world of Irish miners and abandoned industrial dreams.

This abandoned 1880s Western village in Ohio holds haunting secrets and unexplained phenomena within its authentic period buildings.

Once a thriving pioneer settlement built around natural salt licks, Elk Lick, Ohio now lies mysteriously beneath East Fork Lake’s waters.