NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Numerous ghost towns sit within New Mexico’s border, containing traces of history and the stories of what life in the Land of Enchantment used to look like. While some ...

There’s a strange pull to New Mexico’s ghost towns. Maybe it’s the quiet, maybe it’s the mystery. Or maybe, it’s just fun to imagine what life looked like before the doors slammed shut.

So, how did Elizabethtown, located off the now New Mexico State Road 38 between Eagle Nest and Red River, come to be and end up a ghost town? The story starts with the discovery of gold on Baldy ...

OK, so maybe this one is cheating, but it sure looks like a ghost town. Gabriella, New Mexico (about 2.5 hours southwest of Albuquerque), is a charming replica of an Old West town from the 1880s.