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Ghost Towns

Quabbin Reservoir

Ware, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Jack O'Landia

Lucerne Valley, California

Jack O'Landia

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

St. Thomas ruins.

St. Thomas Ghost Town

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The abandoned Doc Holiday's Cafe in Wittenoom.

Wittenoom, Australia

Wittenoom

A town whose main resource was blue asbestos... what could possibly go wrong?

Five Ghost Towns Abandoned after Disasters

Darmon Richter March 18, 2014

Delivering Accordion Music to a Siberian Ghost Town

Zand Martin March 7, 2014

Kep-Sur-Mer

Krong Kaeb, Cambodia

Kep-Sur-Mer

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

Davsha

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

Rejected design for the Watkin Tower

Essential Guide to Monuments of Epic Failure

Edmund Richardson January 23, 2014

Idaho City

Idaho City, Idaho

Idaho City

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Abandoned houses in Randsburg

Johannesburg, California

Randsburg

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Building near the railway

Ludlow, California

Ludlow

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

El Segundo Butterfly Preserve: An Airport Ghost Town Turned Rare Wildlife Refuge

Thomas Ochoa November 11, 2013

View from the top of the Great Pyramid (Structure II) – 2 unexcavated pyramids seen in the distance

Calakmul

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Ruins of Galeria

Natural Monument of Galeria Antica

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Old steps left over from the town.

Tomkins Cove, New York

Doodletown

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Pioneer Saloon

Goodsprings, Nevada

Pioneer Saloon

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Frick's Lock and the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant

Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Frick's Lock

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.