Abandoned in the 1970s and recently demolished, this Boston was often known by a different name: Helltown. Unlike the ghost towns of the West, this Midwestern town stood out because it didn’t ...

The truth about Helltown. Boston village, founded in 1806, and Boston Township, were abandoned in 1974 after the federal government expropriated the land to create what is currently known as ...

Images from Helltown as it once was do undeniably look fairly sinister - however, all abandoned houses were torn down in 2016 and the majority of the town is now part of the national park.