Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges ... secured its place on the map with the discovery of gold in 1893. By 1918, this bountiful mining district boasted 800 residents.

Photographer Francesca Di Stefano has taken amazing photos of the ghost towns and valleys in Nevada. The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during ...

Driven out of Nevada Most ghost towns in Nevada — like Rhyolite, Belmont and Delamar — began as boomtowns, Green said. White settlers sought work mining in Nevada’s mountains and hills ...