The sad truth of growth and expansion is that sometimes towns fall away. Known as ghost towns, these are the places that were once bustling centers of the community that no longer exist for number of reasons. There’s pretty much never a good reason for a town to get abandoned, so the stories tend to highlight the harshness of life in the 1800s here in Wisconsin. Here are the stories of 10 Wisconsin ghost towns and why they were abandoned:

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