Forget dusty, deserted main streets and tumbleweeds rolling through vacant saloons. Arizona boasts a unique kind of ghost town: one that pulsates with life.
After more than 30 years of welcoming tourists to the ghost town southwest of Tucson, the private owners will permanently close it to the public on June 3.
In some abandoned locations, there s still furniture in houses and litter on the ground - alongside vacant buildings which are on the brink of tumbling down.
The Old West in color: Buffalo Bill, Teddy Roosevelt and the gold rush are brought to life in fascinating restored photographs
A new book has brought the spirit of the Wild West back to life with more than 200 colourised photographs
The new book is called The Wild West in Color: A photographic Account of our Nation s Westward Expansion
Pictures in the book include that of Theodore Roosevelt in hunting gear and Belle Starr after her arrest