Top 16 Stunningly Expensive Deserted Structures

13. Tahawus Town, Adirondack Mountains, New York

Location: Essex County, New York's Town of Newcomb Year: 1826; Price: *$8.5 million (prize of the 2003 land sale) The Adirondack town of Tahawus, once a thriving village with two distinct mining enterprises, is now a ghost town. Major iron mining and smelting activities were located there, although the majority of those structures—aside from a few blast furnaces, garages, and outbuildings—have been destroyed.

Tahawus Town, Adirondacks, N.Y. ©Shutterstock/Philip Mowbray Tawahus was twice shut down due to operational problems with the mine. Having officially and permanently discontinued operations in 1989, Tahawus is currently among the most well-known ghost towns in New York State. Even though Tawahus was purchased for $8.5 million in 2003, not much has been done with the area, and the remnants of ten structures still stand where they once stood.