Ghost towns in New mexico

1) Conat

Originally known as Conant, this old borrow changed its name when the railroad came through in 1901. The new name came from a local resident from Newkirk in Oklahoma. 
Growing slowly, the town sprouted several new businesses when Route 66 came through. In the 1930's it had a population of about 240 but had already started to fall by the mid-1940's, when it only supported some 115 residents. However, at this time it braged four gas stations, two restaurants, a trading post and a few cabins to service the travelers of the Mother Road.
Nowadays, we can only meet old and tumbledown buildings with everything ruined.

 

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2/Cuervo

Between 1901 and 1903, this state witness the rise and fall   of  Cuervo, a small american town named after nearby Cuervo Hill.
Around 1910, the region surrounding Cuervo was opened to breeding cattle spuring an economic grow. When Road 66 came through, the new highway created new gas stations and hotels.
At its peak, Cuervo boasted two schools, two churches, two hotels and two doctors as among well as  other businesses. In the 1930's,Cuervo reportedly had a population of almost 300. By the mid 1940's; however, the town's economy started falling forcing the majority of people to leave the city.
Since than, we can only meet abandoned houses and stores

 

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3/Desert Sands Motel, Albuquerque, New Mexico

The huge sign for the Desrt Sands Motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Built in 1957 room 109 is considered by many paranormal websites to be one of the most haunted places in New Mexico. People who rent the room claim they were watched by unseen eyes, that their hair was pulled by something unseen, that growling emanated from the bathroom, or that the TV turned on by itself.

 

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