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Picher, Oklahoma was incorporated in 1918 after ore was discovered. All that remains in the ghost town are empty buildings and piles of toxic waste.

BYARS, Okla. — Author and University of Oklahoma marketing professor Jeff Schmidt calls his weekend adventures “micro-tourism.”“It’s something you can do for $20 on a Saturday,” he says.

Oklahoma has dozens of ghost towns and one of them is located between Tulsa and Broken Arrow. The long-forgotten town of Alsuma was consumed by the growth of communities around it.

For three decades, 2 News Oklahoma's Cathy Tatom reported on efforts to clean up the Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa Co. Cleanup is still estimated to be 50 years away from complete.

Director haunted by ghost town finds modern-day fight to preserve an Oklahoma river By Hallie Harper | Denton Record-Chronicle Published April 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM CDT ...