This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 7 of the Creepiest Ghost Towns in the United States.

Whitley County’s ghost towns follow the rise and fall of the railroads, and in some cases carry the mournful echoes of Native Americans rousted from their homes.

And, for those who think ghost towning is only a Western phenomenon, ghost towners are quick to say that even New York has 14 ghost towns. Pennsylvania has what one ghost towner calls a ghost highway, ...

The sounds of rushing waterfalls and the Oil Creek and Titusville train clanking on the tracks reverberate across the vestige of old houses, echoing down abandoned oil wells while the old equipment ...