California Ghost Towns & Mining Camps

Methodist Church in Bodie, California by Kathy Alexander.

Methodist Church in Bodie, California by Kathy Alexander.

Ashford Mine and Mill in Death Valley

Ballarat – Death Valley Ghost Town

Belleville – Waiting for the Mother Lode

Bodie – A Ghostly Ghost Town

Calico – Revived From A Desert Grave

California Forts & Presidios

California Ghost Town Photo Gallery

Coloma – Gold Town to Ghost Town

Columbia – Gem of the Southern Mines

Darwin Barely Hangs On

Death Valley Ghost Towns

Death Valley Junction & the Haunted Amargosa Hotel

Empire Mine in Grass Valley, California by Kathy Alexander.

Empire Mine in Grass Valley, California by Kathy Alexander.

Empire Mine, Grass Valley

Ghost Town Stretch Across the Mojave Desert

Goffs – A Crusty Ghost

Amboy – No More Burgers at Roy’s

Ludlow Died Twice

Newberry Springs Has Seen Better Days

Daggett Survives

Cemetery in Calico, California

Cemetery in Calico, California

Furnace – Hope and Promise in Death Valley

The Furnace Creek Inn

Furnace Creek Ranch

Harrisburg – Striking Ore on Providence Ridge

Laws, California – An Outdoor Museum

North Bloomfield & the Malakoff Diggins

Panamint City – A Hard-Broiled Hellhole

Placerville – Hub of the Mother Lode

The Rise and Fall of Cerro Gordo

Salton Sea: Ghost Town Lake in the California Desert

The Boomtown of Skidoo

Take nothing but photos – leave nothing  but footprints – break nothing but silence – kill nothing but time.
Explorer’s Code

©Kathy Weiser-Alexander, updated March 2021.

Also See:

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Ghost Towns Across America

Historic California People