Ghost Town Suggestions
Consider this the official thread of ghost town suggestions. We will try to keep a running list here of the towns other people have suggested. This is just the beginning. This list will grow and change as we incorporate your suggestions, and research or photograph your suggestions.
The purpose of this list is threefold. One, it’s a way for us to keep track of all the suggestions in the suggestions forum, but all on one page. Two, anyone can check this list and do a little research — if you find some info, feel free to comment and let us know. And three, for anybody who wants to go photograph some towns, this list will be a good starting point.
Keep in mind, these are not our suggestions to you, but simply a list of towns suggested to us by users, so make sure you research the town you’re headed for before you drive six hours only to find a grain elevator.
If you spot one that’s near you, by all means feel free to check it out. And as always, we’d love to post your photos.
Potential Ghost or Near-Ghost Towns:
Addison – this one is a mystery.
Akra – Aerial imagery shows an inhabited rural neighborhood.
Antler – Canadian border town, inhabited, but lots to photograph.
Arndt – Towner County – Just a farm and a railroad siding.
Aurelia – there’s reportedly little left of this town
Aylmer – there’s very little left, but there may be a few structures.
Baden – Ward County. We know very little about this town.
Buffalo Springs – Just off Highway 12 in Bowman county. Looks good.
Burnstad – perhaps several buildings still stand.
Calvin – population in the dozens.
Charbonneau - school, elevators, houses, garage, possibly a true ghost.
Clementsville – Maybe one or two photo ops.
Clifton – very little of anything to see. A farm, and perhaps one structure.
Clyde – worth a look. Small population.
Coburn – nothing remains of Coburn
Coteau – Burke County. Looks promising. High priority.
Daglum – Stark County. A handful of photo ops.
Daily – appears to be just a farm now.
Deisem – almost vanished. A small school on the side of the road?
Drady – looks like little more thana cemetary remains.
Edson – found one in SD, but can’t find an Edson, ND.
Fairfield – looks intriguing, though not much left.
Fayette – there appear to be some ruins just east of the former town site.
Freda – One building appears to remain standing. It’s pretty big.
Fried – limited photo opportunities.
Fryburg – Billings County. Worth a look.
Fortuna
Gardar – looks OK. Very small population.
Glasston – a small population but looks intriguing.
Hall – We know very little about this town.
Hamar – Very intriguing.
Hamlet – Very small. Maybe a photo or two.
Hartland – a few good photo ops here.
Heil – looks interesting.
Heimdal – a visitor reports a population around 40
Hesper – A visitor reports only one resident remains.
Hillstead – Western North Dakota. This one is a mystery.
Jud – Lamoure County – Looks well inhabited from aerial photos
Kelly – appears to be just two farmsteads now.
Kenaston – roads well-maintained, small population.
Kloten – very small population. Worth a look.
Kongsberg – looks like a handful of structures remain and one farm.
Lehigh – perhaps some structures, might be private property.
Leroy – a collection of homes along the road.
Livingston – no information available.
Mardell – a site visitor says little is left.
Maza – Towner County
Millarton – Stutsman County
Montpelier – Stutsman County
Moselle – Richland County
Mound – aerial photos inconclusive on what remains of Mound.
Nanson – a site visitor claims there are good photo opportunities.
Newville – Towner County
Niobe – some good photo opportunities
Norma – definitely worth a look.
Nortonville – Lamoure County
Olmstead – Towner County – site visitor reports no remaining buildings
Quincy - town moved to Hendrum – may be a cemetary and buildings left.
Raleigh – small pop and well traveled roads. But worth a look.
Sarles – we’ve been there and will be going back again.
Saron – not sure of much on this one.
Schafer – some very interesting photo ops.
Schefield – looks like just a farm and a cemetary.
Sims – very little left but one or two photo ops.
Still – there appears to be nothing left but grain silos.
Sydney – Stutsman County
Thain – this one does not show up on maps or online.
Trotters – Golden Valley County – three apparent structures remain
Veseleyville – very small but looks interesting.
Wales
Warwick – looks well-traveled and inhabited by a small population
Wellsburg – a visitor reports just a couple residents in this town.
Westfield
Wirch – Dickey County.
Wheelock – Plenty to photograph.
Wolseth
Woods
Ypsilanti – Stutsman County
Zenith
I’ve been to Wheelock a couple of times. Some of the houses are still occupied. The school has no roof and is falling down. I didn’t actually see any people outside of their homes, so I didn’t go poking around in anything. I do have a picture of the school. How do we go about sending you images? There are a couple of abandoned churches in the area also that I have pictures of, let me know if you want those.
John, just email your photos to me at troy at sonictremormedia.com with a brief description. I’ll take a look. Thanks.
Derrick, North Dakota.. can anyone post photos?
Hey guys if you ever get the chance check out Hamberg ND. I dont know much about the town but it does have a few residence and when and if you get there I sure hope that old creepy school is still standing for you guys to take some pics. Its to the northeast of Manfred ND in wells county I seen your pics of Manfred and I have a friend who lives there.
The Hamberg gallery is up, Joe.
I live in Fessenden not to far away from hamberg, there is beautiful vacant farmsteads around here. It is such a shame that they were deserted and no one lives in them, I would love to remodle some of the older houses. You really need to see them to appreciate them around here. I will take pictures this summer of them with my new camera and let everyone endure the beauty of the central location of North Dakota Pride.
hi.
I live in a Ghosttown by the name of Edmunds in Stutsman county. And know of another by the name of Vashti in Stutsman county.
there is a small ghosttown by the name of aylmer, north of anamoose,nd. another one is clifton, north of harvey,nd. both towns where abandoned since I was a young lad. Orrin used to be a nice little residental town when I was young. had a bar, dance hall, grocery store, hardware store, and post office. I used to go to the church every sunday there.
The one remaining structure in Clifton was destroyed by fire in the 90s. Nothing remains.
After looking on a map to find Leith, ND, I noticed there is what is listed on Wikipedia as a ghost town called Brisbane to the east of Leith. Here’s the Wiki entry:
Brisbane is a ghost town in what was then Morton County but today is Grant County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. A 1910 application for a new post office at Brisbane from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. locates Brisbane in section 9 of Township 133 north, Range 86 west[1]. An article in the Leith, North Dakota, Index newspaper dated March 1, 1913 states that Brisbane had been established 2 years earlier and that a general store, a hardware and grocery store, a grain elevator, a blacksmith shop and a restaurant were located there. The article also indicates that 3 schools were located in the same township.
“In the spring of 1906 there were only a few people living in Brisbane vicinity. The first settlers were men, but in that year women arrived there. The attention of the first settlers was entirely given to stock raising, and no farming was done. Now all is changed and hundreds of acres of rich and fertile soil are annually producing under intelligent and careful farming, thousands of bushels of wheat oats and flax. The village of Brisbane started two years ago, and it is a hustling little town. The business interests are represented by a splendid general store owned and run by E.H. Robinson, a hardware and grocery store run by Sorum and Kindschi, and elevator managed by Martin Jacobs. There is also a blacksmith shop, a cement block building and a restaurant building. There are three school houses in the township and all the pupils within easy reach of the schools. There are four steam breaking outfits and threshing rigs in this township and they all have plenty of work for the coming spring. This part of the country is advancing fast and every one is doing well. Quite a little dairying is being carried on in the Brisbane vicinity.” (Leith Index March 1, 1913)
I looked on google maps, but I can’t really tell if there is anything more than foundations left. It does look like there is a church or cemetery to the east of the town on 74th street SW.
I write a weekly historic column on old towns in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana
weekly for the Eido Connect. I was facinated with your information on Brisbane. I think
I will try to find it and do a column.
Joyce Hinrichs
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You have listed Olmstead in Towner County as “a functioning town with lots to photograph.’ That’s really not the case. My father once operated a grain elevator in Olmstead; it was torn down a couple of years ago. That was the last building in Olmstead. Immediately adjacent to the Olmstead townsite is my home town of Egeland. It still has a population, several thriving businesses, and is home to the Towner County Historical Museum. Both towns were founded at about the same time, but in a heated rivalry, Egeland landed the much coveted school, and eventually Olmstead’s population declined. Today, to the best of my knowledge, the population is zero.
We have made that correction Joel. Thanks for the tip.
I have throughly enjoyed this site for 2 years now. One thing I like to do when reviewing your site and other ghost town sites is to open up Google Map and search there site for these towns.
Some of them have had the 3d views taken already and by using these one can almost imagine being able to drive down the streets. Living in Florida, I have been in North Dakota twice to visit my son at the Air Force Base in Minot.
I have directed he and his wife to this site as in the spring and summer this makes for an interesting weekend trip through the town to photograph as well.
Keep up the good work, being an old genealogist and history buff, seeing the images of the old towns, thinking of how life must have been, and the old buildings which at one time were bustling with life, makes this site a joy to visit on the web.
If you’re in the Minot area, then two of the towns on the list are in a decent driving distance from you. I visit my parents in Kenmare, ND every summer and pass NIOBE on the way to their homestead farm. There’s not a lot left of the old town, but the church there is beautiful. I was baptized there as an infant. COTEAU is also close by. While you’re out there, you should visit the Pioneer Village and Museum in Kenmare – many buildings from Niobe moved there, and lots of great artifacts from the pioneer days.
Two comments or suggestions. Baden is probably long past being a ghost town. My grandparents mentioned it may times when I was young. They lived close to where it had been. It was long gone by the late 1950s.
I would like to suggest the town of Aurelia, it is just up the hill south of Donnybrook, at least I think it is south, that area has always confused me. Not much left there, but it is where my grandparents homesteaded.
I would suggest Orr in GF county. It’s still occupied and when I think of the buildings it’s lost since I was a little girl–man, it’s too bad you weren’t around then!
How about Sheyenne, Dickey or Adrian? Great little towns
Eldridge is also interesting. I really like this website! Great pictures
I would also like to add Dickey, ND. This is located in the James River Valley. I also have pictures I would like to submit. Thanks Erin for sending me this.
Nancy, you can send submissions to troy at sonictremormedia.com. You’ll get a photographer credit right here on the site.
Hello ones, my grandpa Tim Matchie was born in Churchs Ferry, ND. Can you find out about that town. not long ago i heard news said they want churchs ferry to close due to lake flooding?.. I think few people still live there. I went there with my friend when we went through to Devil Lake for reunion at deaf school. is churchs ferry empty as today?
enjoy and be safe drive!
There are still residents of Churchs Ferry, as far as I know. My family is from Devils Lake, and so we’re up in that area quite frequently. I believe there are 50 or so people still living there. The lake hasn’t quite taken over yet!
There are maybe 5 or 6 houses still inhabited, and an herb farm called gardendwellers. The elevator was moved a few miles to the east because of the encroaching water of the Mauvais Coulee. The rest of the town, except for the remaining few, was bought out by the government. As of today, Church’s Ferry is still dry!
Visited the lot and took pictures of where my Grandparents home had been, very eerie the way the trees were grown around what had been homes.
There is a very stately and impressive one room schoolhouse along the railroad tracks between New Rockford and Bremen in what was once Munster, ND. It has stood strong and stubborn for all these years as a proud testament to education on the prairie…. At sunset and sunrise it is especially moving to stand in it’s presence – you can almost hear it’s story…. More quickly now, it is crumbling and losing it’s battle with time …….. Would love to see it ‘captured’ by your appeciative eyes before it is gone and be included along with the family of other Ghosts in your gallery!
I grew up in a town called Concrete, ND on the border of Pembina and Cavalier County. There isn’t much left there now and sometimes you can still see the where the concrete mines were long ago.
Also, I went to church (and my mother grew up in) Olga, ND in Cavalier County.
I know of several ghost towns you can add which are Fortuna,Lone Tree,Overly,Fonda and Blaisdell. I don’t have any information or pictures.
I live by Overly….the Grain Elevator is still in operation, as well as the Lutheran Church, and people still do live there.
My father’s family were from Cashel (Grafton area) and I would like to know more about it. My Great great grandfather T.A. Gagnon owned the T.A. Gagnon Cash store there and my other gg grandfather was also a long-time resident – Paul Alphonse Sabourin. My Mother’s family is from Edmore – I always wonder how long it will be around!! I was born in Grand Forks but have lived in Texas most of my life – make a trip to ND about every two years or so.
Appreciate the effort you guys put out!
Patti, Edmore is stil kickin’! My husband grew up here, and we moved back about 8 years ago. The population is about 150-for now.
Valerie – I’m sorry I never saw your reply to my post on Edmore – I was getting so many emails from Ghosts of ND that I stopped having them sent. Tell your husband that my family is the Malmins – parents are John and Minnie – kids – Palmer (wife Clara Askelson), Alma, Cora, Josephine (Sigvaldson), Gunder, Evelyn, Agnes Bertha (Bert-my mother) and John. My aunt Josephine (Jo) died about 10 years ago – I was up there at the time for a visit. A friend went on a genealogy trip with me two years ago and we stopped in Edmore – visited St Hans, St Ansgar and Edmore City cemeteries. All of the Malmin kids were born in Edmore and grew up there.
Berwick….it’s located between Rugby and Towner, in McHenry County. I beleive an older couple and a man are left in the town. The church is still there and in decent shape. There is an old bar, badly weatherbeaten last time I seen it.
Alkabo, ND is an awesome little place! It has an original brick school building that is preserved and taken care of by people from the community. Worth seeing!
Actually I have a photo from 2004 of the Alkabo school, it’s wood, painted a light yellow. It’s in immaculate condition. I’ll post it on the GND FB page.
Sims,N.D. all it has left is a church and a really old house … the church dose get used everyother sunday
Vang, Svold, Leyden, Beaulieu, Concrete, Olga
(Pembina and Cavalier Counties)
you should go to Goodrich!!!!!!!! Please it is a great place i love it!!
i used to vfisit some friends in Goodrich every summer till they moved to Mandan. Last i heard they moved back there. i think there is too many people living there to fit the guidelines
I would have to say visit Krem. It’s really spooky everyday of the week and all there is left is the cemetery and half of a house.
I also forget to say its 5 or 6 miles north of Hazen, ND in Mercer County
Suggestions….
Buttzville – this is the town where my mom grew up. I have never been there.
Harlem – I went looking for a farm for sell by Crete, there was a historical marker identifing the town that once was.
and of course, not a Ghost Town but a real picture of a cowboy town with a hitching post and museums – McLeod.
Thanks for keeping NDAK alive by sharing our past.
Yes, I definitely agree on looking up McLeod.
very litttle left in Buttzville
nothing left in Halem – we used to keep cows in a pasture there until about 35 years ago or so. At that time there was a farmhouse, a fallen down barn, cement piers from ther elevator, the rail bed along with the y where the engine originally turned around and the hole where a roundhouse was later – the bed went to Valley City but the tracks never went past Harlem. there was also an oval ridge where there was a racetrack. I have a drawing of a store from there that our family ran that i’m going to send in when i locate it.
Sorry, my mistake – the family store was in Stirum, which is also has very few residents now.
Hi, Great site — I grew up in the country near Fingal, Kathryn, and Valley City. There was a ghost town, even in the 60s, called “CUBA,” that was in between Fingal and Valley City. Nothing remained of it … but my parents told me about it. Growing up in North Dakota at that time meant being surrounded by remnants of history, but a dying history. Dad would find Indian artifacts in the fields, and decaying settlers’ houses dotted the prairies. The house where my Mom was built in the late 1800s was abandoned and going to ruin by the 1950s. The house my Dad’s family built in the 50s is now abandoned and going to ruin. That would be like the house I live in now, in Minneapolis, rotting and going to ruin.
We used to give the younger kids a line about the airplanes getting hijacked to Cuba when we passed the sign on the way to the ND Winter Show.
Pisek, ND
Lankin, ND
Bechyne, ND….all in Walsh County
Bechyne is a country church, it never was a town. It is definitely not a ghost church! There are close to 40 families that belong there and it is very active!
One town I suggest checking out is Knox, ND. It is still inhabited by a few families but it has interesting old buildings and homes along with a no-longer-used grain elevator. There are a few photos of Knox if you go to http://www.flickr.com website. I hope to head out there this summer to take a ton of photos to post.
I would like to add a couple potential ghost towns in ND. Hansboro & Rocklake in Northern Towner Co. I grew up on farms near these towns. Hansboro school closed in 1963. I had to go to Rocklake for my senior year. Great memories growing up on a farm. Would do it all over again if I had to. Living in Minnesota now. Thanks Donn F Wood
Just a couple of suggestions I didn’t see in your list.
Revere, ND – southwestern Griggs County west of Hannaford
Cuba, ND – southeastern Barnes County east of VC and then 7 miles south of I-94.
Edmunds, ND – between Pingree and Carrington along highway 281
Urbana, ND – between Jamestown and Valley City along I-94, inhabited, but very small
Glover, ND – sign along Highway 1 north of Oakes
And just a note, Ypsilanti and Montpelier on your list are not ghost towns, they are both still decently inhabited.
Almont, N.D. not much left but some awsome old buildings, churches & a very old school house
DeLorme prints a atlas called “North Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer.” I bought mine at Scheel’s in Minot it lists many of the towns on this site and many more that are not. I now live in Washington state so I can only recommend towns such as Greene, Grano, Chola,Forfar, Hurd, Eckman, Dunning, Russell & Rising which was between Deering and Granville and if I remember correctly part of the elevator in Rising is now in Deering, and the rest of the town my Dad buried with a bulldozer in the late 1950’s. Great site, only wish I was closer to help contribute.
I noticed Kief and Bergen on your suggestions list…I have family still in the area, so feel free to drop me a note if you decide to visit either as I can get you in contact with someone if you need!
Look for Dallas, ND. It is no longer a town. There were 2 Dallas, ND…since there were 2 one took the name Selz, ND (Selz is NE of Harvey, ND) There are approx 45 people living there… just a bar, church and grain elevator are still in this once-thriving town
My hometown of Niagara ND, on west edge of Grand Forks county, has NO business district left. Some buildings have been demolished but others remain. The last I heard the population was at 60.
Paitcairn, ND. It is just south of Colfax, ND. All that is left is a sign above the horse barn noting it location next to the railroad.
I have a picture of Piticairn with a young girl in the foreground and an elevator and another building. I think it was a Grinaker girl.
I see you have listed Ambrose (my home town)in your list of towns to possibly visit & photograph. It is a beautiful little town and my grandfather, Rud Anderson, planted all the trees in town and there are a LOT of them. You will love Ambrose.
I suggest Marion North Dakota. in LaMoure County, it is about 30 miles south east of Jamestown close to litchvile
Kloten. Located in Nelson County. It use to be a nice manicured small town. (Actually a hamlet since it never was incorporated). Now there is probably 12 people living there. When I was young it had a population of over 100 people.
Are you going to be coming to Cathay, ND? There are a few abandoned farmsteads NW of town that would make great pictures! There are also a few places in town.
Anyone checked out Havelock, ND? Used to be a descent little town northwest of Regent. From what I understand it now has just a handful of residents, if that many. Don’t know what’s left of it. Just moved to Mott last September (2009)
Dresden. i saw there was a photo or two from there on the FB page, but this is definitely a dying town. No businesses and about 10 people if that live there
I have wondered if anyone has ever tried to find any of the two towns I mention. The first is Stewartsdale and the second is Rainbow Vally. Both of these I are important to my heritage and I was just wondering if anyone has any info.
Stewartsdale was never more than an elevator and post office until that closed in 1917. I imagine the elevator stayed a while longer, but there’s no sign of anything on aerial photos. Do a search for Stewartsdale, ND on Bing Maps and it gets really close to where it was.
Rainbow Valley – North Dakota Place Names (the most comprehensive resource on all places ever in ND) does not list this, closest thing is Rainy Butte. Are you sure you have the name right? Perhaps it was the name of an individual ranch or something?
you should try Kuroki, by Westhope, ND
There are 3 towns that are completely gone now and have not been on a map for over 50 years, but there might be someone out there who remembers something about them. Two were in Grand Forks county and one was in Walsh county. One town, it was either Edison or Edson (as listed above), but I believe it was Edison. Edison was nothing more than a grain elevator and maybe a post office on a rail siding halfway between Larimore and McCanna in Grand Forks county. The rail line is no longer there and the last remaining building, the grain elevator, was taken down in the 90′s. The other town in Grand Forks county was called Shawnee. This too was nothing more than a rail siding halfway between Larimore and Niagara. Nothing remains except for a farmstead not to far from the original site of the town. The third town I know of that no longer exists is Kerry. This too was rail siding town halfway between Park River and Edinburg in Walsh county. I don’t know if this is true or not, but my grandfather said Kerry burned down and the town was never rebuilt. Through the 1970′s, there was still a railroad sign identifying the rail siding as Kerry.
There is nothing to see now at these town sites, but it would be interesting to hear if anyone out there besides me remembers these sites.
I have a few suggestions, based on living in Dickey and Ramsey counties for the last few years:
–Preston, ND. About 2 miles north of Fort Ransom State Park. Basically what is left is the church. But it was a town at one point.
–Guelph, maybe?
–Adrian. That was QUITE a hopping town a while ago, now there’s just…nothing.
–I would like someone to do or compile some stuff on Hickson in Cass county. It’s mostly a bedroom community now, and it’s pretty much engulfed by Oxbow.
–Sheldon, over by Enderlin.
–Monango, on hwy.281. I had a student do a town history project on this town a while back, I thought it was interesting.
–Glover. Same as Monango, student did a project.
I too don’t know what you classify as a ghost town. Most of these towns still have people in them, but they’re nothing like the towns they used to be. Sheldon has this school in town that was just closed about 4 years ago. Great train depot too, now closed.
Adrian is on the what we called the river road on the James River along with Ypsilanti, Montpelier, Dickey and Grand Rapids. I think they all have at least 50 population but not sure. There is a park at Grand Rapids where they put on a summer theater production and a golf course that was one part of the annual G.O.L.F tournement along with Oakes, Lisbon, and Forman.
By the way, you should check out this supposed ghost town just north of stump lake. I came by it today while coming back south from cando on highway 1. Right now, all there is left is the schoolhouse, but there used to be a town there, until the railroad bypassed it (much like georgetown, mn). It’s something like Wannduska or something…
Fallon, east about 8 miles and 2 miles north of Flasher. One house, town hall, and cemetery are all that is left.
Timmer, west of Brein One stick built building and a gravel road that makes a triangle are all that remain.
I would suggest Dunseith..the old San Haven TB hospital is supposed to be pretty interesting. also, I noticed that its on the list but Fortuna would be a good one. there is an old Missile Defense building up there that was used by the Air Force during the cold war. it can be seen for miles around because of how big it is and its on a hill..definitely something to check out!
well I did a little digging, and found some really good sites with some amazing pictures of the Fortuna base past and present..the times ive driven by the base I was pretty amazed at how big the main building is…but when I saw a picture from back in the 60s when it still had the actual radar on the top I was blown away…I cannot believe how big the radar was!
anyways, heres the website with the pictures from when it was operational- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fortuna_afs/
and heres how we see it now- http://www.radomes.org/museum/recent/FortunaAFSND.html
I really think it would be worth your time to come check it out…its a long drive but it would be worth it. If I can help you out in any way or help you get in contact with the guy who owns it let me know, I’d love to help!
Fortuna is the main reason I joined the Navy in 1968. I wanted to see more of the world and felt that with my luck, joining the Air Force, I would probably be stationed at fortuna,minot, or (God Forbid) grand forks.
Anyone have any pictures of San Haven…I hear soo much about it…..It was a TB hospital back in the day by Dunseith…this page has some pictures on it….not sure when they were taken…
http://pics.livejournal.com/laurapalmer813/gallery/0001akex
mosselle is nothing but the old elevator left i live only a mile from it
Maybe Oriska. The population is 128, so it’s not a ghost town, but there are a lot of creepy old buildings that need to be photographed. The downtown is basically all in ruin, besides the post office and the one restaurant. There’s also a notorious old bar right outside town that closed because they had strippers there, although it may have reopened later (sans strippers). I’m not sure. There is also an old railroad in the center of town and a decaying old house right on the outskirts. Other than that, the only other activity is the elementary school and various inhabited houses.
Stirum, Sargent County – few inhabitants and a bar with real good food (was for sale so not sure still open)
Crete, Sargent County – last time went by sign i think it said 40 some population, very busy elevator owned by my uncle’s brother
Ludden, Dickey County – few businesses still but not a lot of people
Would love to see photos of Benson County; Esmond, Maddock and Minnewaukan, ND. Population is slowly on the decrease. Wonderful abondened homes and buildings.
Between Cooperstown and Finley there was a twon named Mardell (?)
Either my great grandparents or great-great grandparents homesteaded in Orin, ND. It is about 20-30 miles south of Rugby. I was there for a family reunion in 1992. Interesting small town from what I remember. There is also a graveyard about 1/2 mile s-sw of town that is overgrown with weeds that has really beautiful headstones and markers (from what I am told.) Another town close to Orin is Balta, ND. Balta still has residents, but is still shrinking.
I think this abandoned stone house 4 miles west of Walum, ND would be a great photo opp. Walum isn’t on the map any more it’s 3 miles south of Hannaford, ND.
I passed through Tuttle, ND on my way across the country, and snapped a few pictures. It still has residents, but between 1990 and 2000, it’s population dropped from 160 to 106, and is continuing to spiral downward. It’s really only a shell of its former self now.
orrin North Dakota.. can anyone post photos?
What about Fonda, ND?
A couple from Emmons County that appear very promising:
Kintyre has an abandoned store along with other remains of a main street, and some other vacant buildings.
Temvik looks like it has the potential for some interesting buildings. Once had a population of 200, but now amounts to 4.
You check out selfridge, much of the downtown is in ruins, except the bar, senior center, cenex, fire dept. , and the USDA. their use to be a hotel, 2 more bars, a community hall, auditorium, and the old grocery store, the remians of 2 structures, a repair garage and cheese factory also remain their. practically half the is in ruins…
“you should check out selfridge”
Elmo —- On the SOO LINE,
Nothing left but a depot foundation. about 12 miles North/Northwest of Lakota
I’ve posted photos here before can we still do that? And if we can how do we do it.
How about some pictures of Danzig? Located in McIntosh county.
I’ve been there a few times, two grain elevators, a bank I believe.
Neighboring towns would also be great to explore. Such as Lehr, Venturia, and Ashley.
Burnstad is between Wishek and Napolean. When I was growing up, we had land near there and enjoyed visiting at the elevator. There was a grocery store and an bar, and my mother went to Burnstad to have her hair sone at a beauty salon there, probably the last business in town, many years ago. They also had a repair shop. Someone from Wishek bought the old school back in the late 60′s and converted it into a bar, which was quite lively for a while. It is also at the entrance to Beaver lake State park. I think there may be one or two ocupied homes yet. I will make it a point to take some pictures nest time I go through.
Danzig is between Wishek and Ashley. I think there is a bee business in town, but I remember there being an old jail and some other businesses there. I think it was a thriving community for a while, with an elevator on the Soo Line railroad.
I recently discovered looking through old post cards that my great, great grandmother lived for a length of time in Buford, North Dakota, along the Missouri near the Montana border. I don’t know what’s left, but aerial photos don’t show much, but it would be interesting for me at least, to see what actually is left.
My wife grew up in nearby Fairview, Montana. It appears there is at least one or two inhabited dwellings in Buford, and nearby is the reconstructed Fort Buford. There is a really cool old house in Buford, but it is well posted, so I wasn’t able to go check it out. I’ve got pics of Buford somewhere, I’ll find them and post them.
Regan, ND which is NE of Bismarck would be another one for your list. Drove through there a couple of years ago because my sister-in-law Regan was along and we saw the sign….a few people left but didn’t see that any businesses were open including no PO
I saw Pisek and Lankin in Walsh county both listed; while they are small they are still barely functioning. Lankin still has a full Cenex station, bank, Post Office, Cafe, a couple of bars, and a Legion Club. Pisek is small but it still has a few things there. Inbetween Veseleville and Pisek is what used to be the town of Voss. The last time I was there the school was still standing, otherwise there were a lot of abandoned houses and old fence lines where there used to be something. I would highly rate it and it is within a short distance of Lankin, Pisek, Veseleyville and many other small Walsh County / Grand Forks County used to be towns. While you are in the part of the county you may also want to stop by Ardoch, where Smoky’s Restaurant started; now all that is left is several abandoned buildings on main street, a few homes, and an elevator. Ardoch is located North of Manvel right along highway 81.
Colgan, in the Northwest. Between Fortuna and Ambrose.
Temvik in central Emmons County between Linton and Hazelton.
I remember Lignite. What is Lignite like now?
Lake Williams??
I think you need to update this list????? There are towns on here you’ve already done, towns that CLEARLY have populations with even *schools* (Montpelier, Warwick), and there’s plenty of good suggestions here that have NOT been added to this list.
Tried locating Moselle this weekend and came up with nothing. Looked up the latitude/longtitude online and punched it into the gps and the location brought us to nothing. Railroad tracks did run next to our “supposed” destination. Did’nt see no elevator like someone previously mentioned unless we were at a wrong location. If anyone has any info on how to find Moselle I would love to try to find it. Also, does anyone have any info on Arndt, ND and how to find its location?
Does anybody know if there is any remains of the towns Guthrie and Rangely near Drake,ND?