A Particularly Remote and Well-Preserved Ghost Town (2024)

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What is called the ghost town? ›

a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline or because a nearby mine has been worked out.

Once home to 5,000 fortune-seekers, Rhyolite was abandoned more than 100 years ago, but its iconic buildings still dazzle film crews, more photographers than any other Nevada ghost town, and anyone craving one of the state's best vestigial glimpses of the boomtown era.

So the majority of ghost towns date from the 1880-1940 period of westward expansion and industrialization. Texas and California top the list thanks to mining and oil towns, with Texas surging after 1901's Spindletop discovery and California towns booming in the rail expansion of the 1880s.

ALTON, Ill. —The Illinois river town of Alton is considered one of America's most haunted small towns. It has been featured on several television shows and investigated by several paranormal investigators. Recently, Alton has landed on a list of “10 Ghostly Towns to Tour” by thetravel.com.

America is home to hundreds of ghost towns and abandoned settlements. While they're dotted across the county, they are ubiquitous in regions like California, Nevada and Colorado that experienced the boom and then bust of industries like mining.

Two examples are Pripyat and Chernobyl. After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, Both cities were evacuated due to dangerous radiation levels within the area. As of today, Pripyat remains completely abandoned, and Chernobyl has around 500 remaining inhabitants. Another example is Todoque in Spain.

Well-preserved relics of our past can be found around the nation. One report by Geotab has identified and mapped 3,800 ghost towns in the U.S., many of which were vacated in the 20th century for greener pastures and big city dreams. However, just because no one lives there doesn't mean you can't visit.

Bodie. California's most famous ghost town was, for a few years in the late 19th century, a booming, teeming and dangerous mining community, topping 5,000 residents in 1880. After the boom ended and most of the population quickly left, more and more of Bodie's buildings began to sit vacant.

What is the most famous ghost town in California? ›

Bodie State Historic Park, located only 48 miles north of Mammoth Lakes in the heart of Mono County, California, is undoubtedly one of the most legendary ghost towns in the Western U.S. Preserved in a state of “arrested decay”, visitors to Bodie are able to explore the turn of the century remains of one of California's ...

The formerly famous Shaniko was originally called Cross Hollow. A post office by that name opened in 1879 with August Scherneckau as postmaster. A few years later in 1887, the Cross Hollow post office closed, then the “Shaniko” post office reopened in 1900.

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The hardy souls that remained, promoted Jerome as a historic ghost town and in 1967 Jerome was designated a National Historic District by the federal government. Today the mines are silent and Jerome has become the largest ghost town in America.

America is home to hundreds of ghost towns and abandoned settlements. While they're dotted across the county, they are ubiquitous in regions like California, Nevada and Colorado that experienced the boom and then bust of industries like mining.

Dudleytown is an abandoned settlement, located in a valley known as the Dark Entry Forest, in northwestern Connecticut in the United States, best known today as a ghost town. Due to vandalism and trespassers, the site is not open to the public.