(Courtesy of Scott Peterson)| St. Elmo, located less than 83 miles southeast of Aspen, Colorado, is one of the state's best-preserved ghost towns. Formed in 1880 for miners in search of gold and ...

Utah's ghost towns are some of the best in the West, and fall is a great time to visit. Why it matters: Many are disappearing over time as they are absorbed by nature — or into newer towns.

In the U.S., one of the best-preserved ghost towns you can visit is Bodie, California. A gold rush mining town, Bodie had up to 10,000 residents at its peak and was actually one of California’s ...

Here are expanded descriptions for all 20 ghost towns in Colorado: ...

Welcome to a Local’s Guide to the Drop-Dead Best Gettysburg Ghost Tours for 2024! If you’re looking for the best ghost tours ...

Once a thriving community, Humberstone in northern Chile is now a ghost town. Beginning in the late 1860s, hundreds of people lived and worked in Humberstone and nearby Santa Laura. Located in the ...

Ghost Town” is defined as a place where the population has declined significantly and the initial reason for the settlement ...

PLYMOUTH – Winooski is a ghost town that, at one time, supported a U.S. Post Office, a sawmill, grist mill, general store, village hall, cooper, blacksmith, woodworking shops, a cheese factory ...

Ghost towns are both eerie reminders of what once was and useful demonstrations of how the Earth moves on without us. Filmmaker Alexander Trowbridge reflects on nature taking over after ...