The following is a partial list of ghost towns:
- Kanowna, near Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
- Maytown, in the Palmer River goldfields (Queensland)
- Silverton, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
- Walhalla, in the Baw Baw mountains (Victoria)
- Wittenoom, Western Australia
- Anyox
- Barkerville
- Bennett
- Bradian
- Butedale
- Cape Scott
- Carmi
- Cassiar
- Copper Mountain & Allenby
- Fort Steele
- Granite
- Hedley
- Kitsault
- Leechtown
- McGillivray Falls
- Moyie City
- Quesnel Forks
- Richfield
- Sandon
- Stanley
- Andrewsville
- Aultsville
- Balaclava, Grey County
- Balaclava, Renfrew County
- Ball's Falls
- Ballycroy
- Bedford Mills
- Bellamy's Mills
- Biscotasing
- Blairton
- Brudenell
- Burnley
- Byng Inlet
- CFB Picton
- CFS Foymount
- Cheltenham Brick Works
- Cooper's Falls
- Corbyville
- Cordova Mines
- Creighton Mine
- Crook's Hollow
- Dawn Mills
- Depot Harbour
- Desaulniers
- Dickinson's Landing
- Dome & Dome Extension
- Dufferin Bridge
- Duncrief
- Eldorado
- Epping
- Esmonde
- Eugenia Falls
- Falkenburg
- Farran's Point
- French River
- Germania
- Gillies Hill
- Glanmire
- Grafton Station
- Grant
- Hadlington
- Happy Valley
- The Hastings Road
- Herron Mills
- High Falls
- Horaceville
- Indiana
- Jackfish
- Khartum
- Lemieux
- Lewisham
- Lost Channel
- Ludgate
- Malcolm
- Malone
- Maple Grove
- Marlbank
- Marysville
- Mayne Corners
- Melancthon Station
- Milate
- Millbridge Station
- Mille Roches
- Milnet
- Mohr's Corners
- Moulinette
- Mount Healey
- Munroe's Mills
- Murphy's Corners
- Napier
- Nemegos
- Pakesley
- Parker
- Petworth
- Pickerel
- Ponsonby
- Santa Cruz
- Seguin Falls
- Sheek's Island
- Spanish Mills
- Spence
- Spragge
- Spry
- Stirton
- Strathaven
- Swords
- Traverston
- Uffington
- Victoria Mine
- Wales
- Whitfield
- Woodlands
- Worthington
A number of villages in northeastern France were destroyed during WWI and never rebuilt:
- Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Meuse
- Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, Meuse
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Meuse
- Haumont-près-Samogneux, Meuse
- Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, Meuse
(this list is probably not exhaustive).
Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by Nazi Germany during WWII and its population massacred. It was kept as a testimony to the deaths and not rebuilt, a new village was built a bit further away.
- Plymouth
- St. Patrick's
- Grytviken, a Norwegian whaling settlement on the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia
- Dunwich, Suffolk (under the sea)
- Shipden, Norfolk (under the sea)
- Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Lynford, Norfolk (ditto)
- Stanford, Norfolk (ditto)
- Sturston, Norfolk (ditto)
- Tottington, Norfolk (ditto)
- West Tofts, Norfolk (ditto)
- Tyneham, Dorset (ditto)
- Imber, Wiltshire (ditto).
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Adamana, Arizona
- Charleston, Arizona
- Courtland, Arizona
- Fairbank, Arizona
- Gleeson, Arizona
- Goldroad, Arizona
- Harshaw, Arizona
- Hilltop, Arizona
- Jerome, Arizona
- Jerome Junction, Arizona
- Johnson, Arizona
- Kofa, Arizona
- La Paz, Arizona
- Millville, Arizona
- Mowry, Arizona
- Oatman, Arizona
- Oro Blanco, Arizona
- Paradise, Arizona
- Ruby, Arizona
- Signal, Arizona
- Stanton, Arizona
- Sunglow, Arizona
- Tombstone, Arizona
- Total Wreck, Arizona
- Webb, Arizona
- White Hills, Arizona
- Zeniff, Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Agua Fria, California
- Amboy, California
- Bodie, California
- Calico, California
- Cherokee, California
- Coloma, California
- Drawbridge, California (near Alviso, at the south end of San Francisco Bay)
- Garlock, California
- Gibsonville, California
- Goffs, California
- Hart, California
- New Almaden, California
- Silver Lake, California
- Timbuctoo, California
- Tumco, California
- Vanderbilt, California
- Zurich, California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kaskaskia, Illinois (former state capital)
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Dana, Massachusetts (submerged to form the Quabbin Reservoir)
- Enfield, Massachusetts (submerged to form the Quabbin Reservoir)
- Greenwich, Massachusetts (submerged to form the Quabbin Reservoir)
- Prescott, Massachusetts (submerged to form the Quabbin Reservoir)
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Alton, Montana
- Argo, Montana
- Bannack, Montana
- Barker, Montana
- Bean, Montana
- Bear Creek, Montana
- Bearmouth, Montana
- Bowler, Montana
- Cable, Montana
- Carter, Montana
- Castle City, Montana
- Coolidge, Montana
- Elkhorn, Montana
- Ewing, Montana
- Exeter, Montana
- Fort Benton, Montana
- Fox, Montana
- Garnet, Montana
- Giltedge, Montana
- Gold Creek, Montana
- Granite, Montana
- Hassel, Montana
- Hecla, Montana
- Hillsboro, Montana
- Independence, Montana
- Kendall, Montana
- Keystone, Montana
- Landusky, Montana
- Laurin, Montana
- Maiden, Montana
- Mammoth, Montana
- Marysville, Montana
- Melrose, Montana
- Nevada City, Montana
- Old Chico, Montana
- Pardee, Montana
- Pioneer, Beaverhead County, Montana
- Pioneer, Powell County, Montana
- Pony, Montana
- Red Lion, Montana
- Rimini, Montana
- Rockvale, Montana
- Ruby Gulch, Montana
- Silesia, Montana
- Silver Bow, Montana
- Southern Cross, Montana
- Stark, Montana
- Storrs, Montana
- Virginia City, Montana
- Washoe, Montana
- Wickes, Montana
- Zortman, Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Aurora, Nevada
- Beowawe, Nevada
- Belmont, Nevada
- Berlin, Nevada
- Candelaria, Nevada
- Cobre, Nevada
- Cortez, Nevada
- Daveytown, Nevada
- Gold Acres, Nevada
- Goldfield, Nevada
- Grantsville, Nevada
- Henry, Nevada
- Ione, Nevada
- Johnnie, Nevada
- Jungo, Nevada
- Osceola, Nevada
- Quartz Mountain, Nevada
- Rhyolite, Nevada
- Rio Tinto, Nevada
- Rochester, Nevada
- Seven Troughs, Nevada
- Sulphur, Nevada
- Tenabo, Nevada
- Tybo, Nevada
- Vernon, Nevada
- Vya, Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
- Najd
- Tharmida
- Shaqra
- Albaten