GHOST TOWNS OF TEXAS: Here are the stories behind ... displacement of communities and the loss of local history. In Central Texas, Bluffton was founded in 1852 as a small farming and ranching ...

But if you are on the hunt for one to visit, look no further than right here in Texas. Located in deep south Texas near the Mexico border, you'll find one of the most visited ghost towns in the world.

The usually calm waters of Matagorda Bay on the Texas Gulf ... most of the town and killed hundreds. Indianola rebuilt, but a second hurricane in 1886 turned it into a ghost town.