Arizona is full of ghost towns with fascinating histories. Do you know these 7?

Arizona has been a destination for thousands of hopeful settlers over the years. At one point, many of them were miners looking to find gold in the mineral-rich Sonoran desert mountains.

But, just as the gold supply eventually vanished, so too did the residents of Arizona’s ghost towns . Well, most of them, anyway.

While the majority of the state’s abandoned towns are actually abandoned, some are as lively as ever. Take Jerome, for example, which has transformed into a tourist hotspot known for its windy road and ghostly reputation over the decades…

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