Category: Missouri - United States Ghost Towns

Xenia, Missouri Ghost Town

Nestled in Nodaway County, Missouri, Xenia’s ghost town whispers tales of stagecoach travelers and vanished dreams from its 1800s heyday.

This Missouri ghost town met its watery fate in 1993, but the haunting remains of Wakenda still whisper beneath the surface.

Hidden beneath Missouri’s wilderness lies Wayman ghost town, where pioneer dreams faded into whispers among overgrown ruins.

Toonerville’s whimsical name belied its tragic fate when the government forced residents to abandon their homes during WWII.

Knowing that dioxin turned this Missouri resort town into an abandoned wasteland, would you dare visit Times Beach today?

Known for its Irish farming roots, Saint Annie’s abandoned churches and store remnants whisper tales of a once-thriving Missouri settlement.

Step into a resurrected ghost town where artist Lowell Davis transformed abandoned buildings into a living museum of rural Americana.

Learn how a thriving Ozark settlement called Possum Trot vanished into Missouri’s countryside, leaving only whispers of its pioneer past.

Nestled in the Ozarks, Phenix’s abandoned marble quarries hide the mysterious story behind why its residents vanished overnight in 1902.

This forgotten Missouri railroad town’s haunting demise began with a deadly typhoid outbreak during a fateful church gathering in 1956.