Bodie, California Nestled in the heart of California, Bodie once thrived as a bustling gold-mining town during the late 1800s ...

Colorado was a large mining state. After the California Gold Rush, gold was found in the rivers and streams of Colorado from a technique called Placer mining. Mines were popping up all over the state.

a ghost town situated roughly 90 miles northwest of Yellowstone National Park. The restored former gold mining town boasts many original log structures along with a collection of antique music ...

Is there anything spookier that wandering around a town once bustling with ... But it wasn’t to last. The gold deposits ran dry and, with mining officially ending in 1942, people soon began ...

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

Wander through Washington's hauntingly beautiful ghost towns like Molson, Govan, and Bodie for a glimpse into the past. From ...

The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during the area's silver rush in the late 1800s. Check out Di Stefano's tour of Gold Point, NV, a ghost town ...

Once a thriving community, Humberstone in northern Chile is now a ghost town ... known as "white gold." After World War I, the industry began to crumble and the towns were abandoned in the ...

No trace of those remains. Photos of the mining town can be viewed in the gallery above and at the Aldrich Coal Mine Museum in Montevallo, which is located in the company store of the Aldrich Coal ...