Explore Nevada’s haunting ghost towns from Rhyolite to St. Thomas. Discover history, legends and how to visit these eerie sites responsibly.

Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges of the region’s mining boom-and-bust era, which began with the discovery of gold near present-day Dayton in 1849 and continued into ...

Most in-tact ghost towns are concentrated in central and northern parts of Nevada where mining was more abundant in the late 1800s and early 1900s, said Megg Mueller, who has co-authored a book on ...

Explore Belmont and Tonopah’s mining history, ruins, and hot springs on a starry desert adventure. Join Outdoor Nevada host Connor Fields as he explores Nevada’s past in Belmont and Tonopah ...

Near the former mining town of Goldfield, more than 40 vehicles are buried nose-first or stacked in the desert, each painted with graffiti-style murals. Created by local resident Mark Rippie and ...

After the Spaniards left, the area was searched now and then, but in 185,9, large lodes of gold and silver were discovered,d and El Dorado came into full force, creating one of the largest mining ...

Stan Paher, who wrote about Gold Point in his book, " Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps ," ranks Gold Point as one of the top-20 ghost towns of Nevada's 668 because it is so well-preserved.