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==Examples of real ghost towns==
==Examples of real ghost towns==
* [[Cisco, Utah]] - a former railroad waystation on the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]].
[[Image:Rhyolite mercantile.jpg|thumb|right|300px|General store in Rhyolite, Nevada]]
*[[Cisco, Utah]] - a former railroad waystation on the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]].
*Rhyolite, Nevada - a former mining town
*[[Chernobyl]], [[Ukraine]] - due to nuclear disaster
*[[Chernobyl]], [[Ukraine]] - due to nuclear disaster
==Former ghost towns==
==Former ghost towns==
The site of some former ghost towns has been converted to another purpose. An example is [[Times Beach, Missouri]], which was evacuated in the early 1980s due to [[dioxin]] poisoning, but the site has since been cleaned up and converted into a [[state park]].
The site of some former ghost towns has been converted to another purpose. An example is [[Times Beach, Missouri]], which was evacuated in the early 1980s due to [[dioxin]] poisoning, but the site has since been cleaned up and converted into a [[state park]].