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Top Ghost Town Guides
These ghost town guides will help you explore the ghost towns of California and the Southwest.

Bodie Ghost Town
A guide to visiting the Mother Lode of ghost towns, with almost 200 structures still standing.

Bodie Ghost Town Photo Gallery
A viritual visit to Bodie, a ghost town in arrested decay.

Ballarat Ghost Town
A ghost town just outside Death Valley.

Calico Ghost Town
Silver and borax mining town west of Los Angeles.

Cerro Gordo Ghost Town
1870s silver mining town. A number of buildings are still standing.

Chloride City
In Death Valley.

Chrysopolis Ghost Town
Abandoned in 1960. A few remains.

Locke
A Chinese ghost town in the Sacramento River delta.

Montgomery City
A short-lived town near Bodie.

Pollardville
Near Stockton. An 1880s ghost town.

Rhyolite
Technically, it's in Nevada, but Rhyolite ghost town is so close to the California border that it's easy to visit on a California vacation, especially if you're going to Death Valley.

Rhyolite Ghost Town Pictures
Pictures of a well-preserved ghost town on the California/Nevada border

Skidoo
One of several ghost towns near Death Valley.

Leadfield
Site of Lead and Copper Mines.