Ghost Towns

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.