Hidden across quiet backroads and forgotten landscapes, these abandoned American places reveal stories time refused to erase.

Image Credit: Cavan-Images / Shutterstock. America’s ghost towns are eerie time capsules scattered across the country, each holding a story of ambition, struggle, and sometimes sudden abandonment.

Ghost towns are the skeletal remains of once-bustling communities, offering a haunting glimpse into America’s past. These abandoned locales are often the result of economic shifts, natural disasters, ...

Discover Michigan’s forgotten ghost towns—from buried ports to eerie cemeteries—where mining ruins, lost communities, and ...

Drowned valleys and fenced deserts hide drowned towns traded for dams and nuclear tests, where progress left streets and ...

Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...

Some ghost towns are protected by parks departments. But Bodie, California, protects itself—with a curse. For years, visitors to this ghost town have learned that bad luck will befall anyone who makes ...

From Wrangell, Alaska, to Oatman, Arizona, you'll be surprised to see what these places looked like a century ago.

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors a peek into what life was like in each community during its heyday. Some ...

Rhyolite, a ghost town near Beatty and Death Valley in Southern Nevada, was named one of the spookiest places in the United States by RV Trader, an online shop for recreational vehicles. RV Trader ...

Editor’s note: This story originally ran in The Denver Post. With abandoned mines, dusty streets and ramshackle buildings, Colorado’s ghost towns have a knack for giving visitors goosebumps. Colorado ...

This 5-part series ventures into the roots of our nation’s high hopes and hard labors to discover the towns that boomed fast and went bust even faster. Through original footage, interviews with ...