How An Idaho Town 3 Hours From Boise Got Washed Away

What makes ghost towns so intriguing? Is it the because "ghost" is in the name? Is it the imagination running wild with what could be lurking inside of a ghost town?

Whatever it is, they're fascinating and there's one ghost town in Idaho unlike any other.

Just in time for Halloween...

Most ghost towns were once thriving communities, built around industries like mining, logging, or railroads. When resources dry up or if there's no money left to be made, people pack it up and move somewhere else.

In other instances, natural disasters can cause issues or create dangerous situations for locals. Over time, these once-thriving areas transformed into hauntingly silent places, frozen in time.

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Exploring ghost towns can be fun, interesting, and even creepy. Walking through crumbling buildings, walking abandoned streets... there's definitely truth to that old saying: "If these walls can talk."

There's just something eerie about it.

Idaho's most unusual ghost town?

Imagine coming home from work only to find out that you have to pack up everything and move. We're not talking about an eviction notice either; think more of an evacuation.

Residents in a small Idaho town had to make that choice: pack up and move or risk getting washed away. Today, hardly anything remains in this town but you can still see remnants of the past. It's hard not to as the town was once home to over 4,000 people.

Do you know about Idaho's wet ghost town?