22 Grand Old Railway Hotels Left Vacant Along Forgotten Routes

4. Goldfield Hotel, Goldfield, Nevada, USA: Desert Boomtown's Silent Sentinel

Opened in 1908 during the peak of Goldfield's mining boom, the Goldfield Hotel was one of the most luxurious establishments between Chicago and San Francisco, served by multiple railroads fueling the rush. With its mahogany trim, crystal chandeliers, and an Otis elevator, it catered to magnates and prospectors. But as the gold dried up and the railways diminished, Goldfield became a ghost town. The grand hotel, reputedly haunted, now stands vacant and imposing, a poignant, four-story relic of immense wealth and rapid decline along a truly forgotten desert route.