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Anybody here ever been to/lived in a modern ghost town (Centralia, Times Beach, etc)
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:53 pm
These places fascinate me, as it’s a modern event and not the Old West depiction.
Centralia, PA
Times Beach, MO
Picher, OK
Gilman, CO
Internationally, the Chernobyl town would be the most famous I’m sure.
I just feel like it would be crazy if your home was just lost, seemingly overnight, to some accident. You were told to pack your bags and GTFO. There’s no chance to rebuild, and the whole town is essentially walled off from society.
Centralia, PA
Times Beach, MO
Picher, OK
Gilman, CO
Internationally, the Chernobyl town would be the most famous I’m sure.
I just feel like it would be crazy if your home was just lost, seemingly overnight, to some accident. You were told to pack your bags and GTFO. There’s no chance to rebuild, and the whole town is essentially walled off from society.
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Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:01 pm to TexasTiger08
I used to know where a few were in Colorado…mostly old mining towns that had played out. With the low humidity out west, wood basically lasts. forever.
In one town though, the residents were relocated to create a reservoir….whole town flooded as it was. When the water gets low, you can see some chimney}s remaining!
In one town though, the residents were relocated to create a reservoir….whole town flooded as it was. When the water gets low, you can see some chimney}s remaining!
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:03 pm to TexasTiger08
Not sure if this one fits your criteria, but Rodney MS is fun to explore
Posted on 12/11/25 at 10:25 pm to STLDawg
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Not sure if this one fits your criteria, but Rodney MS is fun to explore
Didn’t know about this one, but it does look like a nice little adventure.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 2:10 am to STLDawg
Rodney is not a ghost town during hunting season.
Do they still have a "Purple Cow Bar"?
Of course, you have the old Presbyterian Church with the Civil War cannon ball in the front wall.
Fun fact, Rodney lost out to Jackson as the State Capital by 5 votes back in the late 1800's. Obviously, that was prior to the sand bar forming in the MS River which pushed it further away from "town".
Do they still have a "Purple Cow Bar"?
Of course, you have the old Presbyterian Church with the Civil War cannon ball in the front wall.
Fun fact, Rodney lost out to Jackson as the State Capital by 5 votes back in the late 1800's. Obviously, that was prior to the sand bar forming in the MS River which pushed it further away from "town".
Posted on 12/12/25 at 3:12 am to TexasTiger08
This could be the great ghost town photos thread. Glad to be on the ground floor and 1st page to pull up a chair.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 5:06 am to TexasTiger08
I live near a zombie town, does that count?
I believe it has something to do with meth.
I believe it has something to do with meth.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 6:05 am to SomethingLikeA
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This could be the great ghost town photos thread. Glad to be on the ground floor and 1st page to pull up a chair.
Kennecott copper mill, McCarthy Alaska. Ten stories high, built almost entirely of wood. At one time it was the largest wooden structure in the world. When the copper price crashed after WWI, the company abandoned it and the town overnight. It's part of Wrangell-St Elias National Park now. The park service has recently done some restoration work and I think you can only go on a guided tour now. When I was there you could wander around it to your hearts content, which of course was highly dangerous. The machinery still had oil in it.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 7:30 am to TexasTiger08
Anybody here ever been to/lived in a modern ghost town
—Downtown BR
—Downtown BR
Posted on 12/12/25 at 7:36 am to TexasTiger08
Bayou Corne 
Posted on 12/12/25 at 7:48 am to cypresstiger
quote:I used to live in the Lahaina Hawaii before it burned and still visited it frequently to see friends. Because of the red tape involved to rebuild many of them are scattered across country waiting for the right time to come back. It's pretty sad and weird.
Anybody here ever been to/lived in a modern ghost town
Posted on 12/12/25 at 7:50 am to Jim Rockford
quote:Looks like they slabbed some red paint on it Lago style like they did in High Plains Drifter. Some parts are better than others.
The park service has recently done some restoration work
Posted on 12/12/25 at 7:52 am to TexasTiger08
I’ve been to pitcher. I should’ve gone by myself instead of with my wife as I would’ve liked to have explored more.
There are still some occupied houses very close to the area.
There are still some occupied houses very close to the area.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:00 am to Jim Rockford
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Kennecott copper mill
Looks like the location where the final scene in Ballerina was filmed.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:52 am to TexasTiger08
I guess a few people still live there, but Cairo, IL looks and feels like a deserted war zone.
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:00 am to TexasTiger08
We have loads of them in West Texas.
Lots of others that are seemingly halfway there
Lots of others that are seemingly halfway there
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:37 am to TexasTiger08
The stretches of Hwy 71 between Bossier City and Alexandria, and from Shreveport to Texarkana, are basically long strings of ghost villages and ghost stores due to I-49.
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