Centralia
Pennsylvania
Centralia
Centralia, Pennsylvania is a former mining town that is now a near-ghost town due to an underground coal fire that began in 1962
Austin Dam
Pennsylvania
Austin
Austin Dam (also known as Bayless Dam) was constructed between May and November of 1909 just outside Austin, Pennsylvania, a town of approximately 2,500 people in Potter County. The dam was a concrete gravity dam that stood 50 feet tall and 544 feet long.
Mossy Grove
Mississippi
Hernando
The abandoned city lies in eerie silence, its crumbling buildings overtaken by vines and dust, as if time itself has frozen in place. Streets once alive with activity now echo only the whispers of wind, the remnants of a once-thriving civilization fading into obscurity.
Chromium Mill
Montana
Red Lodge
Prepared the materials that were needed for the construction of weapons and battleships as the United States prepared to enter another world war in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Wreckage of the S.S. Dominator
California
Crockett
The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.
South Pass City
Wyoming
South Pass
Approximately 2,000 miners lived in ramshackle housing around the city, hauled their gold to the assay office and spent it in the community’s then-thriving businesses. By 1872, work at the Clarissa Mine dwindled, and most miners had moved on, leaving behind the town they had created.
Birmingham Fire Station No. 16
Alabama
Birmingham
Fire Station No. 16 and Ensley Jail During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Birmingham, Alabama, witnessed significant growth, resulting in the expansion of various city services.
Buckner Building
Alaska
Whittier
Originally built as a military building, the Buckner Building is now one of the most famous abandoned places in the US, with its fair share of speculation and rumors surrounding it.
Ester Gold Camp
Alaska
Fairbanks
Ester Gold Camp was opened as a large scale dredge operation in 1936. The gold camp included a bunkhouse, dining hall, smaller bunkhouses, homes, offices, and even shops!
Gold King Mansion
Arizona
Mohave County
THE GOLD KING MANSION SITS in the Hualapai Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona. Construction on the mansion began in 1930, shortly after a strike had been made on the land in April 1929 and a claim was made to it in July of the same year.
Abandoned Mineral Belt Railroad Tunnel
Arizona
Payson
A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.
Oak Park Elementary
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Built around the 1960s the school was built in the heat of the Brown v. Board movement to desegregate schools. But the integration plan for Pine Bluff was different for everyone. Oak Park was a part of a plan to desegregate one grade every two years. But by 1970 the HEW had decided that this wasn’t moving along quickly.
Clarksville Municipal Hospital
Arkansas
Clarksville
The now abandoned Clarksville Municipal Hospital, once a cornerstone of medical care in Johnson County, stands as a silent testament to the rise and fall of rural healthcare systems.
Castle Forks City
Colorado
Ashcroft
Ashcroft, originally known as Castle Forks City then Chloride until 1882, was a mining town located ten miles south of Aspen, Colorado, United States.
Abandoned House
Colorado
Eastonville
Eastonville was a town in eastern Colorado from c.1880-1935. It is no longer incorporated. The area in which it occupied is now taken over by urban sprawl from Colorado Springs.
Old Clay County Jail
Florida
Green Cove Springs
The Old Clay County Jail in Green Cove Springs, Florida, was built in 1894 by the Pauly Jail Company and is the second oldest, still-standing jail in the state. St. Augustine’s Old Jail is the oldest. It was constructed of one-foot-thick red brick walls, sixteen jail cells in various sizes, and a maximum security wing upstairs. The jail held men, w
