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Grafton Ghost Town

Posted on June 17, 2020July 6, 2022 by worldofurbanlegends

A few miles away from Zion National Park, one of the most photographed ghost towns in America can be found. Grafton is located about 3.5 miles off of Highway 9 through the town of Rockville. To get there, be prepared to drive on unpaved road, which during flood season can sometimes be impassable. Head south…

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Old Bountiful Museum

Posted on June 10, 2020July 11, 2022 by worldofurbanlegends

The Old Bountiful Museum, is located at 3697 So, 550 W. in Bountiful, Utah. (It is not to be confused with the New Bountiful Museum located in the James and Alice Smedley Manor at 305 North Main, Bountiful, Utah.) The Old Bountiful Museum building, which has served many purposes over the years, is abandoned and…

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Salt Lake City: McCune Mansion

Posted on May 20, 2020July 11, 2022 by worldofurbanlegends

The McCune Mansion, built for the cost of $1 million in 1901, might have been one of the most expensive homes built during that time, but now it has also turned into one of the most haunted mansions of our time. Located at 200 N. Main St. in Salt Lake City, the home is now…

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The Sunken City

Posted on May 6, 2020July 11, 2022 by worldofurbanlegends

The Sunken City, by Point Fermin, San Pedro, California, is the remnant of a housing development that was swallowed by the ocean during a landslide almost 100 years ago. In the 1920s, George Peck began the housing development because he wanted to build homes with the spectacular view of the ocean at the Pr. Fermin…

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Mercur Cemetery & Ghost Town

Posted on April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 by worldofurbanlegends

In the middle of nowhere, in Tooele County, Utah, along route 73, a small cemetery can be found up on a hill. It is the only remaining trace of the town of Mercur. The town, that went from flourishing gold rush settlement, to ghost town, back to boomtown and finally vanishing completely, is now inaccessible….

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