Not all ghost towns are alike ... Belmont—tucked away in the central Nevada hills about 50 miles northeast of Tonopah—enjoyed an unusually long 20-year growth stretch after prospectors ...

While Nevada boasts bustling destinations like Las Vegas and underrated cities with less chaotic gambling scenes like Reno, it also holds some of the country's best-preserved ghost towns.

Photographer Francesca Di Stefano has taken amazing photos of the ghost towns and valleys in Nevada. The Silver State is littered with abandoned mining towns and camps that were thriving during ...