The dam built to tame the Colorado River completely submerged a small town northwest of Austin, turning it into an underwater ...

The history of Bluffton: The underwater ghost town in the Texas Hill Country by: Erica Pauda. Posted: Oct 20, 2024 / 08:00 AM CDT. Updated: Oct 19, 2024 / 03:49 PM CDT.

Most of the more than 500 Texas ghost towns were ... Bluffton was founded in 1852 as a small farming and ranching community before it quickly became known in the Hill Country as the best ...

Texas Hill Country has deep German and Czech roots, with waves of immigration dating back to the 19th century. And many of the churches built in that time, with beautiful interior art, emulate the ...

They used to be bustling towns and county seats. Now, beneath the rubble are lessons for other cities on how to survive. When Margaret Bergmann looks at the outline of an old D’Hanis church, she ...

From Texas Standard:You’ve seen them as you drive along lonely Texas highways or tucked away in the odd corner of an otherwise urban landscape. They're the bones of once-loved homes, cemeteries ...

In Texas, Wilson County was mentioned to have the most ghost towns in the state with 31. Twenty-five ghost towns were found to be located 25 miles away from New Braunfels.

History is repeating. Modern-day ghost towns are popping up around Texas, communities that still exist, but have lost most of their population and are on the path toward vanishing if they lose any ...