Drawbridge, California
California’s only bay ghost town — a railroad-built duck-hunting resort now sinking into the tidal marsh of the southern San Francisco Bay, watched over by a wildlife refuge and closed to the public.
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Belmont, Nevada: The Silver Capital That Timber Left Behind
A silver strike in 1865 made Belmont the seat of Nye County and one of central Nevada’s grandest camps. When the ore ran out, departing families carried off the very roofs — leaving a townscape of standing stone walls and an 1876 courthouse that still presides over Main Street.
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Tonopah, Nevada: The Queen of the Silver Camps
Jim Butler’s 1900 silver strike ended Nevada’s twenty-year slump and built the “Queen of the Silver Camps.” Unlike its neighbors, Tonopah never became a true ghost town — it survives as Nye County’s seat and a living monument to the mining West.
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Oatman Ghost Town, Arizona: Gold, Route 66, and Wild Burros
Home › Arizona Ghost Towns › Oatman Ghost Town Oatman Ghost Town, Arizona: Gold, Route 66, and Wild Burros Arizona Gold & Silver Mining Free to visit · ~10 min read Quick facts Gold discovery1902 (Vivian Mine) Town renamed1909 Peak population3,500 – 10,000 (1920s-30s) Major mine closed1924 (United Eastern) Effectively abandoned1960s Total gold output2 million…
