Ghost Towns

This once-thriving coastal area is now a preserved ghost town.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

A settlement that was stopped in the middle of construction, leaving behind paved roads, curbs, light poles, a stormwater drainage system, and even a basketball court, but no houses.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

All that remains of this former mill town is a ranger station and some crumbling buildings.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.