Spencer Ghost Town

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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Terlingua Ghost Town

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 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 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 – Ghost Town

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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Garnet Ghost Town Montana

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, Ghost Town

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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Picher Oklahoma – Birth of a Ghost Town

Picher Oklahoma Update: There is virtually nothing left in Pitcher to photograph. The government has bulldozed and cleared almost all of the buildings. Description: Picher was home to mines that supplied bullets for U.S. soldiers fighting in World War I and II.  Its population reached a peak of 16,000 as

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