Most ghost towns are filled with tumbleweeds ... Calico, The Once-Booming Silver Mine In The Mojave Desert Calico, tucked in California’s Mojave Desert, was named for the “calico” color ...

These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History On the northern edge of the Mojave ... ghost towns are alike, however. Some were abandoned and left to the desert ...