All ghost towns offer a glimpse into Nevada’s past. When pioneer Abner Blackburn struck gold in the western Great Basin Desert in 1849, Nevada’s mining history began. Ten years later ...

Photographer Francesca Di Stefano has taken amazing photos of the ghost towns and valleys in Nevada. The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during ...

“St. Thomas, for a long time, you couldn’t get to without scuba diving,” said Michael Green, a UNLV history professor who studies the American West ... Nevada. Driven out of Nevada Most ...

While destinations like Texas, Wyoming, and Tennessee might come to mind first, Ely, Nevada ... the town’s rich Wild West history. Explore over 20 ghost towns scattered across White Pine ...

America's western states are full of these towns; many were founded during ... make a pit stop in Nevada City, a ghost town situated roughly 90 miles northwest of Yellowstone National Park.

From trading posts to mining towns, Nevada's oldest towns emerged during the Gold Rush, as more people headed to the Western United ... activity and has drawn many ghost hunters to the Yellow ...