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 ...

Driven out of Nevada Most ghost towns in Nevada — like Rhyolite, Belmont and Delamar — began as boomtowns, Green said. White settlers sought work mining in Nevada’s mountains and hills ...

While Nevada boasts bustling destinations like Las Vegas and underrated cities with less chaotic gambling scenes like Reno, it also holds some of the country's best-preserved ghost towns.

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 ...

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 ... known for its paranormal activity and has drawn many ghost hunters to the Yellow Jacket site. Ghosts Rosie and William ...