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Ghost towns of the West

Mining camps that outlived their ore, railroad stops the trains forgot, settlements the desert swallowed whole. These are the empty places with paperwork behind them — plat maps, census counts and the stories the buildings kept.

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Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Cerro Gordo

Keeler, California

1865 silver camp on a 8,500-ft Inyo ridge—now a private ghost town with overnight stays.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Sutro Baths ruins

San Francisco, California

1896 glass-topped saltwater baths—burned 1966, ruins on the cliff.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Spring Canyon

Former mining corridor with White Lady traditions.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Historic Commercial Building

Washoe Club

Virginia City, Nevada

1876 millionaires’ club turned paranormal landmark.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Archaeological Site

Saua Village

Ta'u, American Samoa

Sacred archaeological village on Taʻu.

2 claims · 2 legends→

As Nieves Latte Stone Quarry

Songsong, Northern Mariana Islands

Rota stone quarry associated with the legendary giant Taga.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Sumpter

Sumpter, Oregon

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Grafton

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 2 legends→

South Pass City

South Pass City, Wyoming

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Gleeson

Gleeson, Arizona

Former mining town with restored jail.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Belmont

Belmont, Nevada

Former silver town with a preserved courthouse.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Swansea

Parker, Arizona

The copper town the smelter killed—the ruins in the desert.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Silver Reef

The only place silver was found in sandstone—the 1876 camp.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Coolidge

Wisdom, Montana

The 1914 silver camp—where the mill stands alone.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kirwin

Meeteetse, Wyoming

The 1905 silver camp—where the avalanche took the town.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Garnet

Garnet, Montana

Preserved mining town with saloon folklore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

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Shaniko

Shaniko, Oregon

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 1 legend→

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Bodie

Bodie, California

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tincup

Tincup, Colorado

The town that killed its marshals—three in a row.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Austin

The 1862 Reese River camp—three churches on the hill.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Independence Mine

The Hatcher Pass mine—the buildings still stand in the alpine.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Mogollon

Mogollon, New Mexico

The canyon camp that produced $20 million in gold and silver.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Amboy

Amboy, California

The town Roy’s built—population zero, still standing.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bombay Beach

Bombay Beach, California

The resort that drowned—where the art now grows from the salt.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Castle Dome

The mine museum in the desert—where the silver camp survives.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jerome State Historic Park

Jerome, Arizona

The mansion on the hill—the Douglas family’s view of the mine.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Pearce

Pearce, Arizona

The 1894 gold camp—the store and the church survive.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kentucky Camp

Sonoita, Arizona

The 1904 gold camp—the adobe buildings in the Santa Ritas.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Castle Town

White Sulphur Springs, Montana

The 1890s silver town—where the castle on the hill stayed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Maiden

Lewistown, Montana

The 1880 gold camp—where the mill foundation remains.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kendall

Lewistown, Montana

The 1890 gold camp—where the miners’ houses stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Miner’s Delight

Atlantic City, Wyoming

The 1867 gold camp—where the cabin in the gulch stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Gebo

The coal town—where the company houses stand empty.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lost Cabin

Lysite, Wyoming

The 1900 oil camp—where the gusher killed the town.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Portlock

Portlock, Alaska

Former cannery settlement with Nantiinaq oral accounts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Silver City

Silver City, Idaho

Partially inhabited historic mining settlement.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Delamar

Caliente, Nevada

The "Widowmaker"—where the silica dust killed the miners.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Goldfield Hotel

Goldfield, Nevada

1908 luxury hotel abandoned since WWII—legend of Room 109’s Elizabeth.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Two Guns

Two Guns, Arizona

The Route 66 ruin with the Apache Death Cave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Nelson / Eldorado Canyon (Techatticup Mine)

The canyon of violence—Techatticup Mine and the West’s most lawless boom.

2 claims · 1 legend→

South Park City

Fairplay, Colorado

The restored 1860s mining town—moved building by building.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Virginia City

Virginia City, Montana

The 1863 boomtown—where the vigilantes cleaned out the road agents.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Franklin

Black Diamond, Washington

The coal town where the 1894 fire killed 37 miners.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shakespeare

Lordsburg, New Mexico

The town where the outlaws hung from the hotel’s rafters.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Oatman

Oatman, Arizona

The gold camp where the burros own the street.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Oatman Hotel

Oatman, Arizona

The 1902 hotel—where Lombard and Gable honeymooned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Charleston

Sierra Vista, Arizona

The mill town on the San Pedro—where the outlaws drank.

2 claims · 1 legend→