American Ghost Towns

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more—a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams. “Inspiring and meditative—the story of man vs...

The story of the American mining frontier can be traced in the ghost towns - from the camps of California's forty-niners to the 20th-century ruins in the Nevada desert. They mark an epoch of high adventure, of quick wealth and quicker poverty, of gambling and gun-slinging and hell-raising. We who have seen too many Western movies sometimes think that the legends of the Wild West were invented by scriptwriters - but the ghost towns remain.

Explore the haunting history of the American West as you journey through forgotten boomtowns hiding lost fortunes. Perfect for your next scenic road trip or evening escape, this atmospheric travelogue unearths the gritty reality of ambition, risk, and survival on the rugged frontier. Step past...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Three lives, one hundred years, one ghost town: an explosive novel about a mysterious place called Sunrise, where the secrets of the past refuse to stay buried, from the award-winning author of The Tiger’s Wife “Masterful . . . [Obreht] delightfully mashes up several...

The extraordinary debut novel that became a modern classic Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose remarkable gift for...

Weird Route 66 Stories: A Funny Travel Guide to the Mother Road’s Strangest Stops, Roadside Legends, Neon Diners, Ghost Towns & Desert Oddities Take a hilarious and fascinating journey down America’s most iconic highway! Weird Route 66 Stories blends travel humor, history, and adventure into one unforgettable guide to the strangest sights along the Mother Road. From haunted motels and neon diners to ghost towns and desert oddities, this book uncovers the quirky, mysterious, and downright bizarre side of Route 66. It’s perfect for readers who love funny travel writing, road trip ...

One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016 “A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers...

America’s highways are haunted, and the ghosts have excellent tourist infrastructure. Take an unforgettable road trip through the strangest, creepiest, and most legendary places in the country. Explore haunted hotels, foggy cemeteries, abandoned mining towns, historic battlefields, eerie lighthouses, notorious prisons, ghostly ships, Route 66 ruins, and old buildings where the past apparently refuses to check out. Along the way, discover the chilling stories behind Salem, Sleepy Hollow, Gettysburg, Savannah, New Orleans, Tombstone, Alcatraz, the Queen Mary, the Stanley Hotel, and many ...

A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time, following a cat through his nine lives in Edinburgh, moving through the ever-changing city and meeting its inhabitants over centuries Early morning, 1902. At 7/7 Marchmont Crescent, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into...

Macon Fallon had never needed more than a deck of cards, a fast horse, and a ready gun; he was counting on those things now as he led an unsuspecting group of settlers to an abandoned mining town. But while Fallon prepared to pass the ghost town off as a gold mine in the making, a funny thing...

Are you ready to visit the strangest state in America? Arizona isn't just a state. It's a fever dream baked into red rock and desert sand — where gold mines swallow treasure hunters whole, where ghost towns outnumber living ones, and where thousands of people once watched a massive silent spacecraft glide over Phoenix while the government shrugged and said "probably flares." Weird Arizona Stories takes you on a wild ride through the Grand Canyon State's most jaw-dropping legends, baffling crimes, haunted hotels, desert monsters, and moments of pure human madness that no screenwriter could...

How would you feel if your child could see the undead? Claire Mumford is just coming to terms with it when tragedy strikes her. Now she is trapped at home recovering and can't escape the very ghosts that haunt her six year old. Ghosts that don't rest easily. Can she uncover the mystery of the plague that struck over twenty citizens in the tiny hamlet of Woodland, Delaware in 1903? Can the spirits that are haunting their lives finally be put to rest? Can she find where the smallpox riddled bodies were buried and give them peace before they they run out of patience?

Ghosts of Silver Maple Island A Jamie Blackwood Mystery When a promising archaeology student is found murdered at a remote river island in West Virginia, Professor Jamie Blackwood is pulled into the darkest case of his career—one that threatens not only a sacred past, but the fragile peace he’s fought to build. Silver Maple Island is more than an archaeological site. Once home to a major Shawnee settlement and the birthplace of the Seven Nations Consortium, it holds artifacts powerful enough to rewrite history—and valuable enough to kill for. As evidence of professional looting ...

A cozy mystery brimming with unexpected twists, turns, and a touch of ghostly magic. In the friendly and quiet town of Sweethaven, an elderly schoolteacher, Elizabeth Bordine, has faithfully served the community for decades. But when a young, ambitious teacher named Zack Tracy arrives to take her place, Miss Bordine’s peaceful retirement is disrupted. As strange events start to unfold around the historic one-room schoolhouse, tensions rise between the two educators. A curious 13-year-old boy named Diego Diaz becomes fascinated with the mysteries of the town's past, including the tales of ...

Book 2 in The Lost Bride trilogy by New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Book two in the haunting Lost Bride trilogy - a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. In need of an escape from her ex-fiance's betrayal, and the lucky...

Step inside America’s haunted map—where every landmark, shadow, and whispered legend tells a story the living cannot silence. What if cemeteries could speak? What if forgotten roads remembered every tragedy, and houses carried the weight of sorrow in their walls? The Skeleton Atlas is not just a book—it’s a journey through America’s eerie undercurrents, where folklore and history collide to reveal the haunted truths we carry forward. Few people realize that behind Halloween’s masks and jack-o’-lanterns lie centuries of ritual, fear, and wonder. This book takes you beyond ...

It’s a cozy, spicy, spooky season treat in this opposites-attract romance between a mystery writer who pretends to talk to ghosts and the one-night stand who might actually be haunted… Kirsty Henson is an expert at one thing: faking it. A mystery writer with a hit series, she knows her...

“A haunted, haunting examination of mental illness and murder in a more or less ordinary American city…Mature and thoughtful…A Helter Skelter for our time, though without a hint of sensationalism—unsettling in the extreme but written with confidence and deep empathy” (Kirkus Reviews...

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Ghosts of Boot Hill transforms the haunted Old West into a deeply unsettling exploration of justice, guilt, memory, and the price of forgetting. Blending documented vigilante history, authentic frontier atmosphere, eyewitness-style testimony, and emotionally powerful storytelling, Ted Lazaris delivers one of the strongest entries in the Documented Terror series—a haunting journey that asks whether some places remember the truth long after humanity chooses to forget it. Equal parts historical mystery, supernatural thriller, and psychological horror, Ghosts of Boot Hill ...

Vera Winslow arrived in Santo Tomás, Texas, as a mail-order bride. When the man who sent for her mistreated her, Caleb Delaney —owner of the Casa Texana— stepped in to offer her a job and a roof over her head. Now, Caleb has mysteriously vanished, leaving Vera alone to run a business that isn’t hers while facing pressure from a powerful man determined to wrest it from her. As Vera struggles to keep the store afloat, she discovers the true nature of the man she has lost through the journals he left behind. Meanwhile, a legend circulates along the road between Santo Tomás and Marfa: ...