One report by Geotab has identified and mapped 3,800 ghost towns in the U.S., many of which were abandoned in the 20th century for greener pastures and big city dreams.

Considering hundreds upon hundreds of late 19th-century ghost towns still stand across the West, we may not mention your favorite. If so, tell us about it in the comments section.

Rhyolite stands out in the catalog of Wild West ghost towns for how developed it became. With over 200 structures including its own red light district, the town had electricity, a train station ...

Littered across the US are abandoned towns, left by residents to slowly rot away and for nature to reclaim the land. In some places the dry climate has perfectly preserved the buildings, meaning ...

Share or comment on this article: The barren wasteland of America's uranium ghost towns: Inside the remains of mining outpost Jeffrey City, Wyoming, which was all but abandoned after the end of ...

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 ...

Many towns have turned into ghost towns because they ran out of coal to mine, but in Kolmanskop’s case, it was diamonds. By 1912, the town was producing nearly 12% of the world’s total diamond ...