Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
From hollowed out gold boom communities whose streets are roamed by the spirits of locals long since deceased, to vacant locales whose coal mines are stalked by the chilling ghosts of former miners lost in tragic accidents. Are you ready to explore this list of 5 dangerous haunted ghost towns you probably shouldn't visit?
Photos:
"Empire Saloon, Custer" by shelleylyn (flickr.com/photos/46727026@N00) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Custer-Museum" by Stephen Marks (en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:(WT-en)_StephenM) is in the Public Domain
"Custer Ghost town 17-9-08 - panoramio" by Bas van Oorschot (web.archive.org/web/20161012135731/http://www.panoramio.com/user/122245?with_photo_id=14243470) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Thurmond WV Downtown" by Brian M. Powell (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bitmapped) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Thurmond WV Depot" by Brian M. Powell (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bitmapped) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Thurmond Commercial District" by Jet Lowe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jet_Lowe) is in the Public Domain
"Rhyolite Train Station 20061124" by Gedstrom (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gedstrom&action=edit&redlink=1) is in the Public Domain
"John S Cook and Company building, Rhyolite, Nevada, United States, 1908 - Nevada Historical Society" is in the Public Domain
"Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada" by Ken Lund (flickr.com/people/75683070@N00) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"South pass city 6" by Anna-Katharina Stöcklin (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rina17&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"South pass city 4" by Anna-Katharina Stöcklin (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rina17&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"South pass city 8" by Anna-Katharina Stöcklin (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rina17&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Kennecott Mines" by Jim Gove (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jim_Gove&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Kennecott power plant (exterior)" by Jan Beran (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hobr&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Kennecott power plant (interior)" by Jan Beran (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hobr&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Kennecott Mines 3" by Kimberly Hack (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kmeadowhack&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
From hollowed out gold boom communities whose streets are roamed by the spirits of locals long since deceased, to vacant locales whose coal mines are stalked by the chilling ghosts of former miners lost in tragic accidents. Are you ready to explore this list of 5 dangerous haunted ghost towns you probably shouldn't visit?
Photos:
"Empire Saloon, Custer" by shelleylyn (flickr.com/photos/46727026@N00) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Custer-Museum" by Stephen Marks (en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:(WT-en)_StephenM) is in the Public Domain
"Custer Ghost town 17-9-08 - panoramio" by Bas van Oorschot (web.archive.org/web/20161012135731/http://www.panoramio.com/user/122245?with_photo_id=14243470) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Thurmond WV Downtown" by Brian M. Powell (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bitmapped) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Thurmond WV Depot" by Brian M. Powell (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bitmapped) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Thurmond Commercial District" by Jet Lowe (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jet_Lowe) is in the Public Domain
"Rhyolite Train Station 20061124" by Gedstrom (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gedstrom&action=edit&redlink=1) is in the Public Domain
"John S Cook and Company building, Rhyolite, Nevada, United States, 1908 - Nevada Historical Society" is in the Public Domain
"Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada" by Ken Lund (flickr.com/people/75683070@N00) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"South pass city 6" by Anna-Katharina Stöcklin (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rina17&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"South pass city 4" by Anna-Katharina Stöcklin (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rina17&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"South pass city 8" by Anna-Katharina Stöcklin (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rina17&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Kennecott Mines" by Jim Gove (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jim_Gove&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Kennecott power plant (exterior)" by Jan Beran (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hobr&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Kennecott power plant (interior)" by Jan Beran (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hobr&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Kennecott Mines 3" by Kimberly Hack (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kmeadowhack&action=edit&redlink=1) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
