Ghost Towns in Michigan

Central Mine

Keweenaw County • Est. 1854

Central Mine was one of the most profitable copper mines in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. The company town had a church, school, and rows of company ...

Central Mine

Keweenaw County • Est. 1854

Central Mine was one of the Keweenaw Peninsula's major copper producers. The company town had a church, school, and homes for 1,200 people. When the c...

Cliff Mine

Keweenaw County • Est. 1845

The Cliff Mine was the first profitable copper mine in the United States. Opened in 1845, it produced native copper so pure it could be shipped direct...

Fayette City

Tuscola County • Est. 1870s

Fayette City was one of many logging towns in Michigan's Thumb region. When the timber was gone, so was the town. Today, only scattered foundations re...

Fayette

Delta County • Est. 1867

Fayette is one of the best-preserved industrial ghost towns in the Midwest. The Jackson Iron Company produced 230,000 tons of pig iron here using char...

Mandan

Ontonagon County • Est. 1906

Mandan was built to serve copper mines that never produced as expected. For five brief years, the town had hotels, saloons, and optimistic residents. ...

Singapore

Allegan County • Est. 1830s

Singapore was a prosperous lumber town at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River—until they cut down all the trees. Without tree roots to hold the soil, san...