How the record is filed

Status · Abandoned

Abandoned places

84 dossiers across 34 jurisdictions carry this filing — heaviest in Pennsylvania (14), Nebraska (5) and Massachusetts (5). Abandoned is a filing, not an invitation — most of these doors are not open to you.

84 dossiers34 jurisdictions4% open to visitors

By jurisdiction:Pennsylvania14 Nebraska5 Massachusetts5 Connecticut4 New Hampshire4 Idaho4 Maryland4 Ohio4 Alaska3 West Virginia3 Tennessee3 Florida3

Abandoned Amusement Park

High confidence

Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park

Rock, West Virginia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Abandoned Settlement

Dudleytown

Cornwall, Connecticut

"Village of the damned" whose curse legend exceeds its documented history.

Portlock

Portlock, Alaska

Former cannery settlement with Nantiinaq oral accounts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Goldfield Hotel

Goldfield, Nevada

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park

Princeton, West Virginia

The park built on a burial ground—where children died on the rides.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Magic Landing

The 1984 park where a worker died on opening weekend—closed 1988.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Six Flags New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

The park Katrina killed—abandoned since August 2005.

Boy Scout Bridge

Claremont, Illinois

Bridge associated with documented cultural history.

Abandoned Village

Bara-Hack

Pomfret, Connecticut

Abandoned village research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mine Fire And Former Town

Centralia Mine-Fire Area

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Long-running underground mine fire associated with the near-desertion of Centralia.

Ruddock

Ruddock, Louisiana

Ghost town in Ruddock; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Chippewa Lake Park

Chippewa Lake, Ohio

The 1878 park abandoned in 1978—nature took the midway.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Dogpatch USA

Marble Falls, Arkansas

The Li’l Abner park abandoned on its Ozark hill.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Heritage USA

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Jim Bakker’s 1978 Christian theme park—abandoned after the scandal.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Land of Oz

Beech Mountain, North Carolina

The 1970 Oz park on a mountain—abandoned, then half-reopened.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Enchanted Forest

Ellicott City, Maryland

The 1955 fairy-tale park whose figures moved to Clark’s Farm.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Geauga Lake

The 1887 park that became SeaWorld’s neighbor—closed 2007.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Idora Park

Youngstown, Ohio

The 1899 park that burned with its carousel still inside—1984.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Whalom Park

Lunenburg, Massachusetts

The 1893 park on Lake Whalom—closed 2000, demolished.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Rocky Point Park

Warwick, Rhode Island

The 1847 park whose ruins stood on Narragansett Bay until 2007.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lincoln Park

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

The 1894 park whose Comet coaster killed—demolished 2012.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Euclid Beach Park

Cleveland, Ohio

The 1895 Cleveland park—the Humphrey popcorn and the rocket ship ride.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Savin Rock

West Haven, Connecticut

The 1870s "Coney Island of Connecticut"—demolished for urban renewal.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Paragon Park

Hull, Massachusetts

The 1905 park on Nantasket Beach—its carousel survives.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mountain Park

Holyoke, Massachusetts

The 1894 park on Mount Tom—closed 1987, the ruins stood for years.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gardeau

Gardeau, Pennsylvania

Ghost town research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Abandoned Settlement

Pilfershire

Simsbury, Connecticut

Abandoned settlement research record.

Industrial Ruins

Split Rock Quarry

Camillus, New York

Former munitions works and quarry with a documented 1918 disaster and later phantom-machinery stories.

Scotia

State College, Pennsylvania

Former iron-mining town with industrial remains and a reported shadow-figure legend.

Former Hospital

Glenn Dale Hospital

Glenn Dale, Maryland

Abandoned TB hospital that became the DC area’s premier trespass legend.

St. Mary’s College Ruins ("Hell House")

Ellicott City, Maryland

Seminary ruins whose satanic legend outgrew its documented history.

Former Hospital

Crownsville Hospital Center

Crownsville, Maryland

Maryland’s segregated Black asylum, abandoned since 2004.

Former Institution

Forest Haven

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Abandoned DC institution for the disabled, closed amid a death scandal.

Former Hospital

Nopeming Sanatorium

Duluth, Minnesota

1912 TB sanatorium decaying on a Duluth hillside.

Former Amusement Park

Ghost Town Village site

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

The mountaintop Wild West park that rose and fell—and kept its ghosts.

Action Park

Vernon, New Jersey

"Class Action Park"—the 1978 park famous for its dangers.

Disney’s River Country

Bay Lake, Florida

Disney’s first water park—abandoned for 18 years inside the resort.

Discovery Island

Bay Lake, Florida

Disney’s abandoned animal island—closed 1999, still standing.

Willow Grove

Willow Grove, Tennessee

Submerged town in Willow Grove; research record.

Incarceration Site

Gila River Relocation Center

Sacaton, Arizona

Restricted remains of a wartime camp on Gila River tribal land.

Tumco

Winterhaven, California

Remains of a desert gold-mining settlement.

Bohemia City — Musick Mine Camp

Cottage Grove, Oregon

Former company settlement in the Bohemia mining district.

Iditarod townsite

Iditarod, Alaska

Former commercial hub of an Interior gold rush.

Flat townsite

Former mining settlement southeast of Iditarod.

Industrial Ruins

Mantorville Brewery Ruins

Mantorville, Minnesota

Industrial ruins associated with documented cultural history.

Spokane

Custer, South Dakota

Ghost town documented in historical or public cultural sources.

Cuming City

Blair, Nebraska

Ghost town associated with documented cultural history.

De Soto

Blair, Nebraska

Ghost town associated with documented cultural history.

The other status shelves

Operating 1,959 Status unknown 652 Historic site 628 Natural site 129 Demolished 37 Closed 18 Museum 8