Ghost Towns: America's Lost World - Season 1

Explore the many historic forts and battle sites all across the southern and northern Great Plains. Many are well preserved, while others are represented by a simple marker, and some have nothing at all. Every site is a powerful reminder of the longest war in American History – the Great Plains Indian War … A war in which thousands lost their lives. And at every site ghostly hauntings of those who died linger for the intrepid visitor to discover and relish.

In this program we will look at the ghost towns of what was once part of the Spanish Empire in the new world. It is a land of great mystery … A land where the ghosts of ancestors walk this once Spanish territory. Today, forming the state of New Mexico, it truly earns its slogan - Land of Enchantment.

In this program, we're going to visit the mining ghost towns of the Rocky Mountains. Explore the remnants of this glorious time in American history to explore the remnants of the souls that built these aesthetically haunting and beautiful towns before they vanished from the western frontier.

The Desert Southwest is one of the most magical places on planet Earth. Filled with a haunting emptiness, the Desert Southwest spans a vast region of visual grandeur. There are breathtaking thousand-year-old cities built into cliffs and it is home to the west's most notorious territorial prison, Apache battle sites and perhaps the best boom ghost town in the West: Ruby, Arizona.