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A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads.
Sep 19, 2008 · Ricky Gervais plays a dentist who can see dead people after a near-death experience. He is blackmailed into breaking up the marriage of a ghost who haunts him.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- David Koepp
- 2008-09-19
Ghost Town is a 2008 American fantasy comedy film directed by David Koepp, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Kamps. It stars English comedian Ricky Gervais in his first leading feature-film role, as a dentist who can see and talk with ghosts, along with Téa Leoni as a young widow and Greg Kinnear as her recently deceased husband.
- Take a step back in time while visiting these historic – and slightly spooky – ghost towns. While the term "ghost town" may sound like a village haunted by spirits, it actually refers to an old, abandoned city.
- St. Elmo, Colorado. St. Elmo, located less than 83 miles southeast of Aspen, Colorado, is one of the state's best-preserved ghost towns. Formed in 1880 for miners in search of gold and silver, the town's final residents supposedly took the last train out in 1922 – and never returned.
- Nevada City, Montana. While enjoying Montana's blue skies and breathtaking scenery, make a pit stop in Nevada City, a ghost town situated roughly 90 miles northwest of Yellowstone National Park.
- Spokane, South Dakota. Located about 10 miles southeast of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota's Black Hills, Spokane features one of the area's largest collections of original ghost town buildings.
Sep 12, 2023 · Explore the history and mystery of abandoned settlements across the US, from California to Alaska. Learn about the fires, floods, and financial panics that left these towns empty and haunted.
Where are America’s ghost towns, which state has the most, and how do they look today? Explore these desolate places and see how nearly 4,000 ghost towns are spread across America.
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Oct 17, 2019 · From a former mining outpost in Namibia to an abandoned indigenous complex in New Mexico, explore these top ten ghost towns from around the world.
