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Ghost Towns

The quarry that was once the town.

Greenwood, British Columbia

The Ghost Town of Phoenix

Only a few remaining items alert intrepid explorers that a town once stood in this region.

Bridge #1

The 11 Bridges of Wayne

To get to or from this Canadian ghost town, you'll need to cross 11 single-lane bridges.

Charcoal Oven

Cedar City, Utah

Old Irontown

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Miniera di Monte Narba

San Vito, Italy

Miniera di Monte Narba

Once one of the largest sites of silver deposits in Italy.

Tybo Mine.

Nye County, Nevada

Tybo

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

Podcast: Lake Lanier

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team July 19, 2022

Perlora, Vacation City

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones, Spain

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones (Vacation City)

The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.

Conata

Conata, South Dakota

Conata

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

British Columbia

Three Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.

Oatman Donkey Town

Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Podcast: Hashima Island

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team May 2, 2022

Stamp mill hoppers.

Hawthorne, Nevada

Aurora

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

Near the village, there is this curious building, built in 1870. Inside it there was a steam plant, to lift the lead and silver minerals from the galleries below the ground. The miners nicknamed it "Sa Macchina Beccia" (The old machine, in Sardinian language). The plant stopped working in 1940.

Iglesias, Italy

Villaggio Minerario Asproni

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

Terrace Cemetery

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Oasis Bordello Museum.

15 Places Improbably Frozen in Time

Some things stand the test of time. Others get a little help along the way.

Jonathan Carey January 14, 2022

Misnébalam

Misnébalam, Mexico

Misnébalam

According to legend, this hacienda was abandoned because of a curse.

Borgo Fazio (administration building)

Borgo Amerigo Fazio

A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.

Frisco Ghost Town

Frisco Ghost Town

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.