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Roseville, ND
Roseville, North Dakota is a former Great Northern Railroad station at the intersection of County Roads 11 and 16 in Traill county, about ten minutes southwest of Mayville. Roseville was never much more than a loose collection of farmsteads surrounding a grain elevator. Today, the tracks have been pulled up and the grain elevator is [...]
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Fort Abercrombie
The original Fort Abercrombie was constructed in 1858. It was the first military settlement in North Dakota. The fort was besieged by the Sioux for more than six weeks in 1862, an event that came to be known as the Dakota War of 1862. Four soldiers were killed and two wounded. Two reconstructed blockhouses and [...]
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White Butte
White Butte is the highest point in the state of North Dakota at 3,506 feet above sea level. The peak is on private land, and is not staffed. Of the 50 state highpoints, only seven are on private land – North Dakota, Nebraska, Maryland, Louisiana, Kansas, Indiana, and Illinois. There is no development of any kind at White Butte. The closest town, [...]
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Olga, ND
This is Olga, North Dakota, a near-ghost town in northern North Dakota — the oldest settlement in Cavalier County having been established in 1882 as St. Pierre. Olga once had nearly 100 residents but underwent a slow decline over several decades. Today, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart church is the most impressive local landmark. [...]
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Flora, ND
Flora, North Dakota is in Benson County, about 40 miles southwest of Devils Lake. According to North Dakota Place Names by Douglas A. Wick, it’s an unincorporated community which had only 8 residents as of 1982. Former resident Kevin K. tells us there are now three remaining residents. Flora had a Post Office for 70 [...]
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More Bentley
These photos have been in our archive since we visited Hettinger County in 2007 and we are posting them here for the first time. The church shown below has since partially collapsed. Bentley was founded by Arthur A. Bentley who, after moving from Eden Valley, Minnesota, started a photography business in Fargo in the 1890s. [...]
Antler, ND
Antler is a small town in Bottineau county, just two miles south of the Canadian border. The 2010 Census tallied 27 residents, but a local resident says there are 35. We’ve been meaning to get to Antler for some time, but we just never made it. Thankfully, Vince Azzarello recently sent in these photos for your [...]
Berlin, ND
Berlin, North Dakota is a small town in Lamoure County in southeastern North Dakota. Although many of the structures which once existed in Berlin are now gone, there are some impressive structures still standing. Sabrina Hornung contributed a few photos of Berlin in 2011. In the summer of 2012 we were able to get to [...]
Monango, ND
Monango is a small town in Dickey County, not far from Merricourt. Monango was founded in 1886 as a Milwaukee Road Railroad settlement, and the post office was established that same year. According to North Dakota Place Names by Douglas A. Wick, Monango peaked in population with 238 residents in 1910. According to the 2010 [...]
Alfred, ND
Alfred is a near-ghost town in Lamoure county, southwest of Jamestown. Alfred is unincorporated, hence official population figures are hard to come by, but there appear to be perhaps ten permanent residents in the actual town site with more in the surrounding rural area. Alfred’s reported peak population was 150 in 1930. Alfred has a [...]
Kathryn, ND
Kathryn is a beautiful little town in Barnes county, nestled in the Sheyenne River Valley. It is more of a small town than a near-ghost town with a population of 57. There’s a nice little bar in Kathryn, and one or two more businesses as well as some nicely maintained homes. We decided to photograph [...]
Sheyenne River Academy
Wells County Abandoned in 1977 Sheyenne River Academy opened its doors on this site north of Harvey in 1904 and was in operation until the end of the 1976 school year. It was a Seventh Day Adventist secondary school. The new location known as Dakota Adventist Academy opened in 1977 near Bismarck. The present owner [...]
All That Remains of Deisem
Since starting this website about North Dakota’s ghost towns and abandoned places nearly ten years ago, suggestions about places to visit have been rolling in. One of the suggestions we’ve received on more than one occasion is a place called Deisem, North Dakota. So in July of 2012, with my business partner and fellow photographer [...]
King School
This is the former King School, just a few miles south of Valley City along the Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway. This building was erected in 1930, but it was preceded by another structure, also known as the King School, which was erected in the 1880′s on a different site. The plaque pictured below reads, [...]
Forgotten Farmstead
This forgotten farmstead is nestled in the hills of the Sheyenne River Valley along the Scenic Byway, south of Valley City, near Kathryn. If you’re ever in the area, you should definitely take the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful drive. This abandoned home was fenced and quite distant from the road, with no obvious vehicular [...]
Dresden, North Dakota
Dresden is a small town in Cavalier County, home to the Cavalier County Museum at Dresden, about six miles northwest of Langdon. The museum is housed in the former Holy Trinity Church, an incredible field-stone structure erected in 1936. Dresden is home to numerous historic structures in varying states of restoration, including the Dyer School [...]
Maza School
This former schoolhouse is virtually all that remains of a town that was once Maza in southern Towner county, a short drive south of Cando. In 2000, the population of Maza was listed as 5. In 2002, the city was dissolved. Today, there are some scattered buildings in the area and a farm or two. [...]
Standing Rock Hill Historic Site
Barnes County This is the Standing Rock Hill Historic Site, south of Kathryn and west of Enderlin, just up the hill from Little Yellowstone Park, right off Highway 46. It is also just a short drive from Jensen Cabin at Wadeson Park. Standing Rock Hill Historic Site consists of four Native American burial mounds, the largest of which [...]
Jensen Cabin at Wadeson Park
Barnes County This cabin was built in 1878 by Norwegian immigrant Carl Bjerke Jensen, made from hand-hewn oak. The cabin and the land were donated to the State Historical Society by the Wadeson family in 1957. This cabin was in pretty bad shape until it was restored in 1981. I stumbled upon this place while taking a drive [...]
Dakota Thunder and Frontier Village
Frontier Village is a tourist attraction just off Interstate 94 in Jamestown and includes the World’s Largest Buffalo, a concrete buffalo statue named Dakota Thunder, Frontier Village, a re-creation of a pioneer town featuring actual historic buildings which have been moved to the site from all over the state, and the National Buffalo Museum. There [...]
Nanson: A North Dakota Ghost Town
Rolette County Abandoned as of 5/12 As we set out to photograph ghost towns in early May of 2012, we had Nanson in mind as our ultimate destination. We’ve known about Nanson for quite some time, but somehow we just never managed to make it there — it was time. After driving all day through [...]
Knox, ND
Benson County Inhabited as of 5/12 Knox is a rarity as near-ghost towns go — it is located right off a major highway — US 2, between Rugby and Devils Lake. According to the 2010 census, Knox is home to 25 residents, has 13 occupied households and 13 vacant households. Knox was founded in 1883 [...]
Baker, ND
Benson County Inhabited as of 5/12 Baker is an unincorporated community in Benson County. We drove through on the way to Knox and got quite a kick out of the signs at the edge of town. Photos by Rat, copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC
Isabel, ND
Benson County Abandoned as of 5/12 Isabel, North Dakota was an unincorporated community in the north central part of the state, about 50 minutes southeast of Rugby. We were on our way to Baker when we came upon the sign marking the former site of Isabel Country School. We did not realize we were on [...]
Manfred: Six Years Later
Wells County Inhabited as of 5/12 Manfred is a near-ghost town just off Highway 52 between Minot and Jamestown. We visited Manfred previously in 2006, and decided to stop again for an overdue visit on our way to north central North Dakota. Manfred is home to about five residents these days, and several of them [...]
Pingree, ND
Stutsman County Inhabited as of 5/12 Pingree is a small town in Stutsman County, northwest of Jamestown. According to the 2010 Census, Pingree is home to 60 residents. Pingree was founded in 1881 and reached a peak population of 268 residents in 1920. We didn’t have plans to visit Pingree, but we saw a few photo [...]
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