Do you, like me, enjoy stopping to explore ghost towns in your travels? Did you know there are 52+ ghost town sites in Washington??

This is the map from www.ghosttownsofwashington.com. (Note: two “Ts”)

Click to this website, and then to the county you want to explore, and wow yourself with history trivia….. and a possible stop on your next trip.

I clicked to Wahkiakum County (we don’t hear much about or from Wahkiakum County, do we?) and found two ghost towns listed.

Altoona was built on the north shore of the Columbia River in the 1850s by the Hudson’s Bay Company as a fish receiving station.

Deep River was built on pilings (due to the tides) on the Columbia River in 1875 and was settled by Finnish immigrants.

Both these towns were visited by the angels who maintain the website and there are photos!! Wow.