Not all ghost towns are from the Old West, and the reasons vary why a popular tourist destination might become abandoned.
Abandoned places hold much wonder for many intrepid travellers. Each of them holds a snapshot of history frozen in time which ...
Plymouth in Montserrat was once a bustling city. However, it turned into a ghost town within minutes due to a devastating ...
South of the Buffalo River in Searcy County, the ghost town of Snowball counts just a scattering of residents from its population of about 500 before World War II. Its post office closed in 1996.
Oregon makes brief appearances in “Haunted World.” In a chapter on “Ghost Towns,” Cheung cites Golden, a former mining town in southern Oregon. As an oregon.gov article, “Rust ...
You’ll find eerie abandoned places across the whole country ... was built to commemorate the miners who were lost during both World Wars. Andrew Walch/Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0 The decline of the ...
The Texas ghost towns shaped by extreme weather events serve as historical reminders of nature’s power. These abandoned settlements offer valuable lessons from the past, helping us to ...