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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Highline Bridge
This is the Highline trestle in Valley City, built between 1906 and 1908. It is still in use today. The Highline is 3,860 feet long and 162 feet high. We are including it on this site in homage to the importance of the railroad in settling North Dakota. Check out our gallery for another of [...]
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 [...]
Fairview Lift Bridge and Cartwright Tunnel
McKenzie County Thank you to R. David Adams for submitting these photos of the Fairview Lift Bridge and the accompanying Cartwright Tunnel, between Cartwright, North Dakota and Fairview, Montana. To our knowledge, the tunnel is the only train tunnel in the state of North Dakota. As you’ll learn from Mr. Adams’ comments below each photo, this [...]
Eastedge Extras
Barnes County Status: Vacant as of 5/05 Eastedge, ND is in south-central North Dakota, between I94 and the South Dakota border. It is totally abandoned — a true ghost town. These photos are extras from our archive, taken during a snowstorm on May 1st, 2005. See the main gallery here. Photos by Troy and Rat, [...]
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 [...]
Kloten, ND
Nelson County Inhabited as of 8/10 Kloten is situated about forty miles south of Highway 2, about halfway between Devils Lake and Grand Forks. Accurate population figures are difficult to find. Kloten’s population was reported at a suspiciously round number of 150 for many years, however our census records going back as far as 1960 [...]
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 [...]
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