Philipsburg, Montana
Granite Ghost Town
A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."
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Philipsburg, Montana
A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Rosemount, Minnesota
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
Concord, North Carolina
The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.
Blacksburg, South Carolina
A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Redford, Texas
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.
Needles, California
An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.
Carlsbad, California
The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.
Hayfield, California
Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.
Nothing, Arizona
Nothing to see here.
Coconino County, Arizona
The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.
Tonalea, Arizona
The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of the Navajo Nation.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Boulder, Colorado
This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.
Conifer, Colorado
A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.
Houck, Arizona
This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.
Joseph City, Arizona
Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.
Sedona, Arizona
Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Arenas Valley, New Mexico
This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.
Columbus, New Mexico
This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.