Blog - Page 298 - United States Ghost Towns

Essex, California Ghost Town

Forgotten desert outpost along Route 66, Essex’s abandoned buildings whisper stories of a once-thriving oasis.

Lost in bureaucratic shadows, Eric’s mining ruins tell a forgotten California story that officials seemingly want erased.

Doomed by the devastating 1861 floods, Empire City vanished without a trace – but its ghost still haunts California’s memory.

Abandoned since WWII, Emory’s gold-rush buildings still whisper stories of 4,000 souls who vanished when the silver ran dry.

Underneath Highway 299’s shadow lies Elna, a forgotten Gold Rush settlement with six original structures that whispers tales of

Formerly a silver boom town with 2,500 residents, Elkhorn now stands frozen in time with only 18 inhabitants.

Abandoned in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Elevenmile’s ghostly mining ruins whisper tales of Gold Rush fortunes that mysteriously vanished overnight.

Catastrophic 1862 flood washed away Eldoradoville, but what dark secrets did this lawless gold rush boomtown take with it?

Straddling the line between ghost town and living history, Eldora reveals how a dying mining camp transformed into a thriving mountain community.

Just beneath Folsom Lake lies El Dorado Bar’s forgotten legacy, but what secrets do its watery depths conceal?