While visiting this eerie, not-quite-deserted Colorado ghost town that once bigger than Denver, you'll want to keep your eyes ...

Once the second-largest city in New Mexico frequented by Billy the Kid, this remote destination is now an abandoned ghost town with a famous Wild West saloon.

While many ghost towns are former mining towns ... Located 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas near Death Valley, this former gold-rush town thrived in the 1900s with a population of about 5,000 ...

Lying in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, buried beneath feet of snow lies an eerie ghost town that almost ... a reputation as one of the Gold Rush's most dangerous towns. Conditions for those living ...

A California ghost town abandoned decades ago has transformed into a tourist hotspot - but visitors warn it is plagued by a 'curse'. Bodie is a small former gold-mining town near the the Nevada ...

but if you want to see an accessible ghost town that captures the image of the wild west and the gold rush, Ruhoff recommends visiting St. Elmo, located about 20 miles west of Buena Vista.