Eldridge, ND
Located in Stutsman County just a few minutes west of Jamestown, Eldridge is a very small community of perhaps a dozen residents. Eldridge began as Burton in 1879 but was renamed in honor of a local Bonanza farmer a year later. At one time, Eldridge was home to nearly 100 residents. We originally became aware [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Abandoned Buttzville Farm
Buttzville is in Ransom County, just northeast of Lisbon. These photos were taken on the abandoned farm just west of Buttzville. Photos by Troy, Copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC.
Bartlett… Almost Gone
Ramsey County Inhabited as of 8/11 Bartlett is about as close as you can get to ghost town without actually being totally abandoned… perhaps one occupied property and the remains of several crumbling homes. The former town site is quickly getting overrun by nature, the roads are shaded even on a bright day like this [...]
Postcards from the Edge of North Dakota
Slope County This is a simple truth. There is no greater pleasure per penny than searching through a box of old postcards in an antique store. A little hard on the lower back if you’re wearing the wrong pair of shoes, but pleasurable none-the-less. Here are a few old postcards featuring scenes from Marmarth. CLICK [...]
Ruso, ND
Mclean County Inhabited as of 7/10 Kelsey Rusch contributed these photos of Ruso, ND with the following comments: Right off highway 41, south of Velva, you will find Ruso. Ruso is a town in McLean county, North Dakota. Though it has ten or so abandoned buildings, there appear to be three residences as well, making [...]
Charbonneau, ND
McKenzie County Vacant as of 6/10 Charbonneau, ND is in a very sparsely populated area of western North Dakota. As far back as 1960, Charbonneau had already been de-listed from the Census. According to North Dakota Place Names by Douglas A. Wick, Charbonneau was founded in 1913 and a peak population of 125 was reported [...]
Sutton, ND
Griggs County Inhabited as of 6/10 Sutton, ND was founded in 1910 and was named for a local farmer, John Sutton. It is no longer listed in the US Census. Dustin Person contributed these photos of Sutton with the following comments: Sutton is located west of Cooperstown in Griggs County. Population around 20-25. There were [...]
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