Over 800 ghost towns and historic sites in Nevada & California. History and photos of ghost towns, mining camps, Pony Express, and pioneer trails organized by state and County.
You can find an interactive map of ghost towns at Nevada Ghost Towns: Interactive Map
Nevada Ghost Towns & Historical Sites by County
Carson City/Ormsby County
- Brunswick Mill
- Carson City: Pony Express
- Carson River Mills
- Eureka Mill
- Merrimac Mill
- Chinese in Nevada
- Empire City
- Lakeview
- Nevada State Prison
- Nevada State Prison Cemetery
- Ormsby Poor Farm
- Pierini Ranch
- Pioneer Cemetery
- Santiago Mill
- Stewart Indian School
- Summit Station/Half-Way House
- Swift’s Hot Springs
- Virginia & Truckee Railroad Carson River Mills
- Vivian Mill
- Yerington Smelter (aka Blue Canyon)
Churchill County
- Aspen
- Averill
- Chalk Wells
- Clemens & Rockpoint Well
- Cold Springs
- Coppereid
- Cox Canyon
- Desert Quartz Mill
- Desert Queen Mine
- Dixie Valley
- Eastgate
- Fairview
- Fairview Station
- Forty-Mile Desert
- Grime’s Point Petroglyphs
- Hazen
- Hercules
- Lahontan City
- Lakeview
- La Plata
- Le Beau Grave
- Leete
- Lee Springs
- Luva
- Middlegate
- Mountain Well
- Nevada City
- New Pass Station
- Old New Pass Station
- Porter’s Station
- Ragtown
- Rockpoint Well Station
- Sand Springs Station
- Stillwater
- Summit Mine (Dan Tucker)
- Victor
- Westgate
- White Cloud City
- Wonder
Clark County
- Ash Meadows Cemetery
- Bunkerville
- Cathedral Canyon
- Crescent arrastra and mill
- Frenchman Mine
- Gold Butte
- Gold Butte National Monument
- Goodsprings
- Hupton
- Juan
- Key West
- Longstreet Cabin
- Lost City
- Las Vegas: Mob Museum
- Nelson
- Nipton (California)
- Oakland Group Mines
- Overton: Lost City Museum
- Overton Pioneer Cemetery
- Potosi
- Queho: Nevada’s Murderous Mummy
- Red Rock
- Riverside
- Searchlight
- Sekhmet Temple
- Spring Mountain Ranch
- St. Joseph
- St. Thomas
- St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery
- Tecopa Kilns
- Valley of Fire Buena Vista CCC Cabins
- Valley of Fire: CCC Cabins, Petroglyphs & Civil War Veteran Grave
- Warn Springs
- West Point
- Yount’s Sawmill
Douglas County
- Ben Palmer Ranch
- Boyd Toll Road
- Buckskin
- Bullionville
- Carman Heights
- Carter’s Station
- Centerville
- Double Springs
- Fairview
- Friday’s Station
- Genoa
- Genoa: Hanging Tree
- Genoa Peak: Paradise Flight 901A Crash Site
- Genoa: Snowshoe Thompson
- Genoa: Trimmer Ranch
- Glenbrook
- Holbrook
- Jack’s Valley
- Johnson Cutoff
- Mottsville
- Mountain House
- Preacher’s Mine
- Sheridan
- Slater’s Mine (Buckeye Placer Mine)
- Tonopah’s Raycraft house and a shoot-out in the Pine Nut Mountains
- Twelve Mile House (Wheeler’s & Tisdell House)
- Van Sickle Station
- Walley’s Hot Springs
- Zirnville
Elko County
Esmeralda County
- Albert Mine
- Alkali Spring
- Basalt
- Buckskin Mine
- Calmville
- Coledale
- Coledale Junction
- Columbia
- Columbus
- Cuperite
- Diamondfield
- Dyer
- Fish Lake
- Goldfield
- Goldfield: Jail and red light district
- Goldfield: Man who died eating library paste
- Goldfield: Slaughterhouse Canyon
- Gold Hitt
- Gold Mountain (Stateline)
- Gold Point
- Lida
- McLean
- Medicine Rock
- Millers
- Mt. Montgomery
- Nivloc
- Palmetto
- Pigeon Springs
- Pigeon Springs Mill
- Queen Mine
- Red Rock Mine
- Silver Peak
- Stewarts Mill
- Sully’s Tourist Camp
- Sylvania
Eureka County
- Chinese Kiln
- Croesus Mine
- Diamond City and Mill
- Eureka
- Eureka Mine
- Eureka Stone Cabin
- Eureka Underground
- Palisade
- Prospect
- Ruby Hill
- Vanderbilt
Humboldt County
- Adelaide
- Awakening
- Cane Springs
- Daveytown
- Denio
- Golconda
- Gold Run
- Gouge Eye
- Hauilch Well
- Jumbo Mine
- Jungo Road Mining Camp
- Paradise Valley
- Paradise Well
- Preble
- Quinn River CCC Camp
- Sod House
- Willard
- Willow Point
Lander County
- Amador
- Austin
- Betty O’Neil
- Bunker Hill/Victorine
- Byer’s Mine
- Cape Horn
- Carroll Station
- Clifton
- Cortez
- Dean
- Geneva
- Gold Acres
- Gold Run
- Guadalajara
- Kimball
- Kingston
- Lewis
- Mount Airy
- Old Daniel Ranch
- Stokes Castle
- Tenabo
- Toquima Cave
- Warm Springs/Peterson’s Mill
Lincoln County
- Ash Springs Butler Family Graves
- Ash Springs Dr. Hoyt Grave
- Bullionville
- Caliente
- Cathedral Gorge CCC Structures
- Crescent City
- Crystal Springs
- Delamar
- Evergreen Flat
- Extraterrestrial Highway
- Helene
- Hiko
- List Mine
- Logan City
- Mt. Irish Petroglyphs
- Pioche
- Rachel
- Rosey Mine
- Tem Piute
Lyon County
- Adobe Station
- Bluestone Mine
- Buckland’s Station
- Cambridge
- Colony (Simpson)
- Como
- Como Bert’s Cabin
- Como Road Miner’s Cabin
- Conway
- Daney Mine & Mill
- Dayton Lime Works
- Dayton: Pony Express
- Dayton: Rock Point Mill
- Delphi
- Desert Station
- Desert Station Emigrant Trail Marker
- Desert Well Station
- Devil’s Gate
- Elbow Jake’s
- Eldorado Canyon Kilns
- Fort Churchill
- Hall’s Station
- Hawes
- Hawes Station
- Hind’s Hot Springs (Nevada Hot Springs)
- Hooten Well
- Hoye’s Station
- Hudson
- Johntown
- Ludwig
- Luva
- Mason
- Miller’s (Reed’s) Pony Express Station
- Mound House
- Nordyke
- Old Gallager Ranch
- Palmyra
- Pine Grove
- Pony Meadows Mill
- Ramsey Comstock Mine
- Raven L Ranch, East Walker Ranch
- Red Canyon
- Reed’s Station
- Rockland
- Silver City
- Silver City: Donovan Mill
- Silver City: Higgins Mill
- Silver City: South Comstock Mine
- Smith Valley: Valley Cemetery
- Sonoma
- Sonora Trail
- South Comstock
- Stockton Well
- Sulfur
- Summit Station (AKA Halfway House)
- Susan’s Bluff
- Sutro
- Sutro: Airshaft
- Sutro Ghost Town Renaissance
- Sutro: Ghost Town Dream Team Visits
- Sutro: First Visit
- Sutro: Mules & Mule Barn
- Sutro: New Project
- Sutro: Portal Through Time
- Sutro: The Sutro Project
- Sutro: Then & Now Photos
- Sweetwater
- Talapoosa
- Talapoosa Well
- Thompson
- Wabuska
- Walker River Station (AKA Rissue’s Bridge)
- Weed Heights
- Wellington
- Wheeler Flat Dam
- Wiley’s Station
- Wilson Canyon
- Yerington: Elm Tree Cemetery
Mineral County
- Antelope Mill
- Aurora
- Babbitt
- Bass Camp
- Black Beauty Mine
- Borus
- Broken Hills
- Cabin Under the Boulder
- Camp Noble
- Candelaria
- Chinese Grave
- Cory Canyon Cabin & Mill
- Del Monte Antelope Mill
- Del Monte Canyon
- Del Monte Mine and Mill
- Fletcher
- Garfield
- Hawthorne
- Hawthorne Chinatown Cemetery
- Hawthorne Ordnance Museum
- Hawthorne Veterans Park
- Kaiser Mine
- La Panta
- Lucky Boy
- Luning
- Marietta
- Metallic City
- Mina
- Mina Mercury Mine
- Mineral County Historical Museum
- New Boston
- Nine Mile House
- Omco
- Pamlico
- Redlich
- Rhodes
- Schurz
- Simon
- Summit Station
- Sunshine Station Bodie Road
- Surprise Stamp Mill
- Thorne
Nye County
- Amargosa
- Angel’s Ladies plane crash
- Ash Meadows
- Atwood
- Beatty
- Bellehelen
- Belmont
- Berlin
- Blue Eagle Ranch and Spring
- Bonnie Claire
- Brefogle
- Buckeye Mine
- Bullfrog
- Butler (AKA Gilt Edge)
- Cararra
- Clifford/Helena
- Davis Mine
- Diana’s Punchbowl (AKA Devil’s Cauldron)
- Duluth
- East Belmont
- East Manhatten
- Elizdale cement plant
- Empire Cabin
- Fairplay Mining District
- Fluorspar Mine
- Gold Bar
- Gold Center
- Goldwell Open Air Museum
- Goldyke
- Hercules
- Hot Creek
- Hot Creek: Civil War Grave
- Hot Creek: Indian Camp
- Hot Creek: Petroglyphs
- Hot Creek: Project Faultless
- Ione
- Jefferson
- Keystone
- McKinney Tanks
- Manhattan
- Millet
- Minninums
- The Monitor
- Moores Station
- Mountain View
- Nevada Quicksilver/Cinnabar
- Northumberland
- Okey Davis
- Old Dominion Mining District
- Ophir Canyon
- Ore Bucket Mine
- Original
- Orizaba
- Park Canyon
- Penelas
- Phonolite/Bruner
- Pine Creek
- Pioneer
- Potts Ranch
- Prichard Station
- Project Faultless
- Pueblo
- Ralston
- Rhyolite
- Rhyolite: Panamint Annie
- Senator Mine
- Six Mile Kilns
- Springfield Mining District
- Springdale
- Stone House/Smith’s Station
- Stonewall
- Tate’s Station
- Telluride
- Thorpe’s Well
- Tonopah
- Tonopah Army Airfield
- Tonopah driving tour
- Tonopah’s Raycraft house and a shoot-out in the Pine Nut Mountains
- Tonopah: Victor Mine Pool
- Tonopah: Who was the Lady in Red
- Tybo
- Tybo 2G Mine
- Tybo: Hale Mine
- Tybo: Kilns
- Quartz Mountain
- Warm Springs
- West Point
- White Caps
Pershing County
- Alpine Mine
- Antelope Spring Mining District
- Bonnie Bryer
- Colado
- Discovery Mine
- Dun Glen
- Eastern Star Mine
- Freckles Mine
- Golconda Canyon mercury retort
- Gold Note Canyon miner’s cabin
- Henrietta
- Humboldt City
- Imlay
- Kennedy
- Kyle Hot Springs historic resort
- Lovelock
- Mazuma
- M.G.L. Mine
- Mill City
- Montgomery Mine
- Nightengale
- Oreana Airmail Beacon #27
- Piedmont Mill
- Pershing Mine (Humboldt Range)
- Pershing Mine (Nightengale Range)
- Piedmont Mine
- Puckerbrush
- Rochester
- Rock Hill
- Santa Clara
- Sawtooth Mine
- Seven Troughs
- Sierra District Stone Cabin
- Spring Valley/Fitting
- Star City
- Stone Mansion
- Thunder Mountain
- Tip Top
- Tungsten
- Tunnel Camp
- Unionville
Storey County
- American City
- Barrett Mill
- Butters Mill
- C&C Shaft
- Chollar Consolidated Mine & Mill
- Chollar Mine
- Combination Shaft
- Devil’s Gate
- The Divide
- Five Mile House AKA Summit House
- Five-Mile Reservoir
- Forman Shaft
- Gold Hill
- Gold Hill Catholic Cemetery
- Gold Hill: Haunted Hotel
- Gold Hill: The Most Heartbreaking Grave
- Julia Bulette’s Grave
- Lagomarsino Petroglyphs
- Lousetown
- Occidental Shaft
- Pfiefer Mill
- A Pioneer Cemetery
- Six Mile Canyon
- Spite House
- St. Marys Hospital
- Sutro Tunnel Air Shaft
- Union Shaft
- Virginia & Truckee Electric Trail O’ Lights
- Virginia City
- Virginia City: China Town
- Washington
- Yellow Jacket Mine
- Yellow Jacket Mine II
Washoe County
- 49 Rock
- Avansino Ranch
- Big Canyon
- Bonham Ranch
- Bowers Mansion
- Buffalo Spring Station
- Camp Denio
- Cleanwater Demon House
- Crystal Peak
- Deadman’s Creek Graves
- Deep Hole
- Diessner
- Donner Party Park
- Edward Laird Grave
- Empire
- Five-Mile Reservoir
- Flanigan
- Franktown
- Galena
- Geiger Grade CCC Campground
- Geiger Grade Toll Road & Robber’s Roost
- George W. Lund Petrified Forest
- Gerlach
- Glendale
- Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
- Guanomi Mine
- Half-Way House
- Hart Camp
- Henness Pass
- Huffaker’s
- Hunter’s Station
- Incline
- Inyo Marble Works
- Jamison’s Station
- Jumbo
- Jumbo Grade Toll Road
- Junction House
- Keck Museum
- Ladino Dairy Farm
- Lake’s Crossing
- Last Chance Ranch
- Leadville
- Little Indian Spring
- Mill Station
- Mogul
- Morris Ranch
- Mosquito Lake & Valley
- Nashville
- Nevada California Railroad Depot
- Nevada State Insane Asylum
- Nixon
- Ophir Toll Road
- Parker Ranch
- Pevine
- Poeville
- Pyramid
- Pyramid City
- Round House
- Sand Pass
- Sheep Head
- Sheldon
- Smoke Creek
- Smoke Creek Canyon Cave
- Steamboat Springs
- Sunkist
- Reno: Brief History of Aviation in Nevada
- Reno/Truckee Meadows Historical Sites
- Reno: Keck Museum of Geology at UNR
- Reno: Nevada, California and Reno Railway
- Surcliffe
- Swedes Place
- Twaddle-Pedroli Ranch
- Verdi Glen Resort
- Verdi Lumber Company
- Verdi Old Town
- Von Schmidt Line Oblisk
- Vya
- Wadsworth
- Washoe City
- Woodruff Camp
White Pine County
- Belmont Mill & Mine
- Black Horse
- Bothwick
- California Mill
- Cherry Creek
- Cocomongo
- Eberhardt
- Eberhardt Mine Portal
- Egan Canyon
- Fillmore Mine
- Fort Pearce Cemetery
- Garnet Hill Mine’s Cabin
- Green Springs
- Hamilton
- Indian Springs CCC Camp
- “Little Boss” Mine
- Major’s Place
- Mc Gill
- Minerva and Tungeston Mine
- Osceoloa
- Picotillo
- Ragdump
- Rhode’s Cabin
- Spring Valley Ranch (Stonehouse)
- Schellbourne
- Shermantown
- Steptoe City
- Swansea
- Tea Cup Mine
- Tippett
- Treasure City
- Ward
- Ward Charcoal Ovens
- White Pine City
California Ghost Towns & Historical Sites by County
Alpine County
- Caples Lake & Child’s Grave
- Carson River Route
- Curtz Mine
- Diamond Valley
- Fredricksburg
- Hope Valley
- Kirkwood Inn and Saloon
- Markleeville
- Markleeville Cave
- Markleeville: Hangman’s Bridge
- Mogul
- Monitor
- Morningstar Mine
- Mt. Bullion
- Paynesville
- Silver Mountain City
- Woodfords
Amador County
El Dorado County
- Camp Richardson
- Camp Sacramento
- El Dorado/Nevada House/Mud Springs Station
- Glen Alpine Springs
- Highway 50 Historic Bridge
- Johnson Cutoff
- Mormon Tavern
- Moore’s Station
- Pacific House
- Pleasant Grove House
- Riverton
- Sportsman’s Hall
- Strawberry Valley House
- Sugar Loaf House
- Tallac Historic Park Camp Richardson
Inyo County
- Agueberry Camp
- Ballarat
- Ballarat Stage Station
- Cartifo
- Castle in Clay
- Cerro Gordo
- Chusopolis
- Clair Camp
- Cottonwood Kiln
- Darwin
- Death Valley
- Death Valley Junction
- Dubin Gulch
- Dunmovin
- Emigrant
- Grant
- Harrisburg
- Harmony Borax Works
- Journigan’s Mill
- Keane Wonder Mine
- Kearsarge Station
- Keeler
- Laws Railroad Museum
- Little Lake
- Lone Pine
- Manzanar Children’s Village
- Minetta
- Olancha & Dirty Socks
- Owenyo
- Reilly
- Reward Mine
- Skidoo
- Sunset Mine
- Swansea
- Tramway
- Tuttle Creek Ashram
- Wildrose CCC Camp
- Wildrose Kilns
- Zurich Station
Kern County
- Atolia
- Blickle Camp
- Bonanza
- Burrow Schmidt Mine
- Cane
- Desert Spring
- Dutch Cleanser Mine
- Harts Place
- Holy Ash Mine
- SpringDesert
- Garden City Station
- Garlock
- Johanasberg
- Randsberg
- Satldale
Lassen County
- Alturas: Nevada, California, and Oregon Railway
- Amedee Lime Kiln
- Fort Janesville
- Dayton/Lathrop City
- Doyle
- Janesville Wigwam Inn
- Litchfield
- Madeline
- Milford
- New Pine Creek
- Noble’s Emigrant Trail
- Ravendale
- Standish
- Susanville: Peter Lassen’s Grave
- Susanville
- Susanville: Roop County & the Sagebrush War
- Termo
- Wendel
Modoc County
Mono County
- Belfort
- Benton Hot Spring
- Bishop Petroglyphs
- Bishop Petroglyphs II
- Blanchards Station
- Blind Spring Hill
- Bodie
- Bodie black and white photo essay
- Bodie: Seven-Stamp Mill
- Boulder Flat
- Bridgeport
- Bridgeport: Poor Farm
- Caliveda
- Chemung
- Conway Ranch
- Crowley Columns
- Dog Town
- Dunderberg Mine and Mill
- Golden Gate Mine and Mill
- Golden Gate Mine and Mill: A Devastating Loss to History
- Jordan
- Kavanaugh Ridge
- Kit Carson’s Daughters Grave
- Lime Kiln Station
- Lincoln Log Mine
- Little Bodie
- Lorena
- Mammoth
- Masonic
- Monoville
- Mono District Miner’s Cabins
- Mono Lake Cabins
- Mono Mill
- Mono Mills
- Montgomery City
- Mt. Patterson Stone Cabin
- Munckton
- Nugent Cabin
- Partzwick
- Pumice Mill
- Sacramento Mill
- Silverado Mine
- Sonora Pass & Levitt Falls
- Star City
- Ward Mining Camp
Nevada County
- Alpha & Omega Hydraulic Mines
- Boca
- Donner Party cabin site at Alder Creek
- Donner State Park
- Empire Mine State Historic Park
- Farad Powerhouse
- Fleish Power House
- Floristan
- Grass Valley
- Henness Pass
- Nevada City
- Nevada County Abandoned Hospital
- Pioneer Grave
- Rough and Ready
- Truckee: Train Tunnels, Chinese Wall, Petroglyphs
- Washington
Placer County
Sacramento County
San Luis Obispo
- Cambria
- Cayucos
- Harmony
- Hearst Castle & the Comstock Lode
- Morro Bay
- Nitt Witt Ridge
- Piedras Blancas Light Station
- San Simeon
Beyond
Arizona Ghost Towns
- Jerome
- Kingman
- Montezuma Castle Cave Dwellings
- Palatki Cave Dwellings
- Perkinsville
- Route 66
- Sedona
- Tuzigoot
- Verdi Canyon Railroad
- Walnut Canyon
- Wupatki
Florida Ghost Towns
Hawaii Ghost Towns
- Anna Ranch Heritage Center
- Honoka’a
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park
- Russian Fort Elizabeth
- South Point at Ka Lae
- Waikoloa Petroglyphs
- Wai Opae of Kekaha Kai
- Waipi’o Valley
Idaho Ghost Towns
- DeLemar
- Idaho City
- Murphy
- Roseberry
- Ruby City
- Silver City
Minnesota
- Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge
- Duluth Canal Park
- Glensheen
- North Shore Scenic Railroad Museum
- Split Rock Lighthouse
Oregon Ghost Towns
- Jacksonville
- Lakeview: Nevada, California and Oregon Railway
- Paisley
- Pendelton Underground City
Utah Ghost Towns
- Grafton
- Harrisburg, UT
- Hurricane Valley CCC Corrals
- Leeds
- Monkey Mesa & Project SMART
- Mountain Meadows
- Old Irontown
- Santa Clara
- Silver Reef
- Snow Canyon Pioneer Names
- St. George
Way Beyond
Austria
- Aggstein Castle
- Durnstein Castle
- Krems
- Melk
- Salzburg
- Schönbühel Castle
- Spitz
- Wiessenkirken
- Willendorf
Dominican Republic
Germany
- Berlin
- Dresden
- Fussen
- Munich
- Neuschwanstein Castle
- Nurnberg
- Rotenburg
- Schloss Castle
- Wittingen
Mexico
- Chichen Itza: The Temple Of Kukulkan
- Coba: Nohoch Mul Pyramid
- Tulum
Taiwan
- Aboriginal Taiwanese Abandoned Village Taroka
- Chain Kai-Shek Shilin Memorial
- Changan Temple and Bell Tower
- Eternal Springs Shrine
- Hualien
- Juifen
- Keelung
- Longshan Temple
- National Palace Museum
- National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine
- Pinling
- Sansia
- Shakadang Trail
- Snake Alley
- Swallow Caves
- Taroko Gorge
- Tzushr Temple
- Wulai Falls
- Yingee