But there are still several historic and abandoned communities near Southern Nevada ... hour from the center of Las Vegas, and is more commercialized than other ghost towns. A short drive from ...

The once popular town of Primm, just 40 miles from Las Vegas, has become something of a ghost town in recent years. Dwindling business has meant the town's 371,000 square foot outlet mall has lost ...

Established in 1865 as a Mormon settlement near what is now Overton at ... there is now a sea of sand and brush. The ghost town is close to Las Vegas and accessible via a short hiking trail ...

Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges of the region’s mining boom-and-bust era, which began with the discovery of gold near present ... of the Vegas Strip, Goodsprings ...