Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.