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The abandoned mining town is about 20 miles Southwest of Medford, at the corner of Sterling Creek Road and Little Applegate Road

By 1933, during the Great Depression, 100 properties were being worked in search of gold and gradually wasting away until 1957. Today Sterlingville is overgrown with trees and brush, with not a trace of where it stood, except for the cemetery.

Short Bridge, Oregon. This is a fake Ghost Town I stumbled upon in Short Bridge. The reason it's fake is that it's like a movie set and only has the front of the buildings. I love obscure stuff, and this was obscure.

Bridal Veil was established in the 1880s, finding its roots primarily as a logging town. Boasting abundant timber resources, its population flourished with the construction of the Columbia River Highway in the early 1900s. At its peak, the city housed around 300 residents. However, as the logging industry declined, so too did the community's vitality.

Millican was established in the early 1900s, primarily as a railroad town. The arrival of the railroad was a significant turning point for many small towns in the West, and Millican was no exception. The town was named after a local rancher, and it quickly became a hub for agriculture and commerce.