Thurmond Historic District Thurmond, West Virginia, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is in the heart of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The Thurmond Depot now operates as a summer visitor center. The Thurmond Historic District comprises the entire town and a small portion
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Ryus Kansas Abandoned Carbon Black Plant Ryus is an unincorporated community in Grant County Kansas. The town has never had a post office and consists of only a few scattered farm houses and grain elevators with the Cimarron Valley Railroad is based in Satanta, Kansas running through it. United Carbon
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Fairbank Ghost Town Fairbank is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, next to the San Pedro River. First settled in 1881, Fairbank was the closest rail stop to nearby Tombstone, which made it an important location in the development of southeastern Arizona. The town was named for Chicago investor
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Bombay Beach Bombay Beach is located on the Salton Sea, and is the lowest community in the United States, located 223 feet below sea level. Bombay Beach features a large number of art pieces and installations around the town and along the beach. During the 1950s, Bombay Beach was
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Castle Dome City Ghost Town Castle Dome Landing, Arizona (also Castle Dome City) is a ghost town in the Castle Dome Mountains of Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was first settled as a transport depot and mining camp around 1863 in what was then the
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Ruby Ghost Town Ruby is a ghost town in Arizona, founded as a mining town in Bear Valley, originally named Montana Camp, so named because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak. Mining started circa 1877. The Montana Mine produced gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper.
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Shakespeare Ghost Town Shakespeare is as authentic of a Ghost Town that you will find. Frank and Rita Hill purchased the ghost town of Shakespeare in 1935. Frank and Rita and later their daughter Janaloo and her husband, Manny Hough, and now other family members have struggled to preserve
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Texola Ghost Town Texola is a living Ghost Town meaning there are still people living there even though the town is mostly abandoned. Texola sits on the border of Texas and Oklahoma on old Route 66. There are many abandoned buildings including a 1930 Magnolia Gas Station and a
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Alta Ghost Town Alta is the most scenic Ghost Town that I have visited, it is located at 11,800 feet above see level and has tremendous views of Mount Wilson. Just up the road is Alta Lakes Recreation Area consisting of 3 pristine mountain lakes and a primitive camp ground.
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Glenrio Ghost Town During the 1940s and 1950s, Glenrio sat very much alone in the open scrub desert of the high plains straddling the Texas-New Mexico border. Amarillo was 73 miles to the east and Tucumcari 41 miles west. Travelers driving Route 66 across the desert could see a world
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