Palmetto

Palmetto in Goldfield, Nevada

Usually, ghost town ruins right on a major modern highway are either hardly recognizable, or else are all "touristy." The ruins at Palmetto, however, are perfectly obvious from the highway and have no fences, admission fees, or souvenir shops. And they don't require miles of rough 4WD road to reach. Silver was first struck here in 1866, and in a typical burst of overoptimism, a 12-stamp mill wa…