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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Spencer Ghost Town Spencer is a small unincorporated crossroads in eastern Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. It lies along former U.S. Route 66 (now a county road) approximately six miles west of Halltown. A post office called Spencer was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1907. The community
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Ute Ulay Mine and Henson Town Site The Ute and Ulay mines were some of the best known silver and lead producers in Colorado. Between 1874 and 1903, the mines were responsible for 12 million worth of minerals which today would amount to more than 280 million in value. Located
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Terlingua Ghost Town Due to its proximity to Big Bend National Park, today Terlingua is mostly a tourist destination for park visitors. Rafting and canoeing on the Rio Grande, mountain biking, camping, hiking, and motorcycling are some of the outdoor activities favored by tourists. Much of the Ghost Town has
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Animas Forks Ghost Town Animas Forks is located on a system of roads known as the Alpine Loop. The loop is a 65-mile (105 km) system of unpaved roads which connects the small mountain towns of Lake City, Ouray, and Silverton. Most of the land in the area is managed
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Ironton Ghost Town Ironton Ghost Town, Ironton was a town in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray. Ironton (aka Copper Glen) was built on flatter ground than surrounding towns. Settled in 1893, within three weeks three hundred buildings were being built. It
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Rodney Mississippi Rodney is a former city in Jefferson County in southwest Mississippi, approximately 32 miles northeast of Natchez. Rodney was founded in 1828, and in the 19th century, it was only three votes away from becoming the capital of the Mississippi Territory. Its population declined to nearly zero after
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Red Mountain Mining District Located off Hwy 550 near the crest of Red Mountain Pass—this is the site of the National Bell Mine. During its booming years, there were as many as 10,000 inhabitants living in Red Mountain Town. In all of its glory, it had over 100 businesses, a
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Garnet is a ghost town in Granite County, Montana, located on the dirt Wallace Creek Road, it is an abandoned mining town that dates from the 1860’s. In First Chance Creek in western Montana, the town is at the edge of the high desert in the Front Range, but sheltered
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Rhyolite Nevada Rhyolite is a mining ghost town located just outside the entrance to Death Valley National Park, and one of the most photographed ghost towns in the western United States. The Rhyolite townsite is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management and contains many ruins and a house made from
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