15 Ghost Towns in Florida I Bet You Don’t Know!

Abandoned Ghost Towns in Florida You're Not Supposed to Know / Ghost Towns in Florida You Have Never Heard Of / Ghost Towns in Florida Google Maps Doesn't Want You to See! 00:00 Intro 01:01 ST. Joseph 04:20 Ellaville 07:24 Port Leon 09:28 Flamingo 12:27 Stiltsville 14:03 Koreshan Unity 17:18 Brewster 19:25 Islandia 21:27 Chosen 23:21 Leno 24:33 Fort Dade 26:31 Rosewood 27:46 Sumica 29:11 Yamato Colony 30:04 Nichols 31:33 Outro Florida hides more than two hundred ghost towns, and in this video we travel through 15 abandoned ghost towns in Florida where boomtown optimism collapsed into hurricanes, yellow fever, railroad shifts, resource depletion, and forgotten scandals—from St. Joseph (once the most populous city in Florida) and river towns like Ellaville and Port Leon, to the Everglades edge at Flamingo and the eerie bay shacks of Stiltsville. You’ll also hear the wild story of the Koreshan Unity hollow-earth cult, the phosphate company town of Brewster, the “paper city” of Islandia, the vanished community of Chosen after the 1928 storm, ruins around O’Leno, the crumbling military remains of Fort Dade on Egmont Key, the tragedy of Rosewood, and forgotten places like Sumica, Yamato Colony, and Nichols, plus the devastating 1935 Labor Day Hurricane that erased entire Keys communities—perfect for fans of Florida history, urban exploration, and abandoned places. #ghosttowns #florida #floridahistory #abandonedplaces #urbanexploration #darkhistory