Who Is Really Buying America's Ghost Towns — And What They're Planning
Tourism boards have done excellent work with America's ghost towns — the rusted equipment, the weathered storefronts, the desert light. This video is about who is actually buying these places and what they intend to do with them. A Vietnamese businessman who paid $900,000 for a Wyoming town with one resident. A cannabis company that announced a grand resort plan without checking whether cannabis was legal in the county it just bought. This countdown covers 10 ghost towns someone actually purchased — including a West Texas hamlet screened like an adoption, a California silver mine at 8,500 feet where one man has rebuilt alone since a fire during lockdown, and Boca Chica Village, Texas, now renamed Starbase, where a retirement neighborhood built to watch the Gulf of Mexico now sits next to a 400-foot rocket pointed at Mars. They have already renamed the town. 👉 Which of these was new to you — and are there ghost towns near you that belong on a list like this? Drop it in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe: we find the version of America that never makes it into the travel guide, every week. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro — The Front of the Brochure 01:06 #10 Lobo, Texas — Screened Like an Adoption 02:13 #9 Buford, Wyoming — Pop. 1, Sold to Vietnam 03:29 #8 Ghost Town in the Sky — Four Owners, Zero Reopenings 05:17 #7 Bridgeville, California — The Town That Keeps Losing Buyers 06:51 #6 Scenic, South Dakota — Bought by a Church, No One Knows Why 08:51 #5 Millican, Oregon — Six Owners, None Who Stayed 10:45 #4 Nipton, California — Cannabis, Oil, and an Adult Circus 12:54 #3 Cerro Gordo, California — One Man at 8,500 Feet 15:08 #2 Eagle Mountain, California — The Town That Waits 17:17 #1 Boca Chica / Starbase, Texas — Pointed at Mars 20:19 Final Thoughts — The Trip That Never Happened ghost towns America, ghost town for sale, who bought a ghost town, abandoned towns USA, American ghost towns, Boca Chica SpaceX Starbase, Cerro Gordo California, Buford Wyoming, Lobo Texas ghost town, Nipton California, Ghost Town in the Sky Maggie Valley, Millican Oregon, Bridgeville California, Scenic South Dakota, Eagle Mountain California, abandoned America, forgotten places USA, weird American history #GhostTowns #AbandonedAmerica #ForgottenHistory #AmericanHistory #WeirdAmerica
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