Ghost Towns in Utah
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Cisco
Cisco was a railroad water stop that became a film location for 'Thelma and Louise' and 'Vanishing Point.' Right off I-70, the abandoned buildings are...
Frisco
Frisco was called the 'Wickedest Town in the West'—23 saloons and a man killed every night (or so they claimed). The Horn Silver Mine produced over $6...
Grafton
Grafton is one of the most photographed ghost towns in the West—and where the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' bicycle scene from Butch Cassidy and...
Promontory
Promontory is where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed—the Golden Spike was driven on May 10, 1869, uniting America. But the town that ...
Sego
Sego was a coal mining town in a canyon famous for ancient rock art. After the coal ran out, Sego was abandoned. The petroglyphs and pictographs remai...
Sego
Sego was a coal mining town that operated from 1910 to 1955. The stone buildings are remarkably well-preserved, and nearby Sego Canyon features outsta...
Silver Reef
Silver Reef was the ONLY place in the world where silver was found in sandstone—a geological impossibility according to the science of the time. At pe...
Thistle
Thistle was a railroad junction town in Spanish Fork Canyon. In April 1983, after a wet winter, a massive landslide blocked the canyon, creating a lak...