If you’re fully convinced that ghosts don’t exist, you may have to travel through Arizona in the United States to experience the soul-crushing loneliness of this empty town called ‘Nothing’.
The state of Arizona is littered with long-abandoned places. Each one is weather-beaten and slowly disintegrating under the desert sun. Each of these places has decaying remnants that tell the story of the bubbling life that once existed there.
Nothing, Arizona is one of such places. The dead-quiet town which is located on the lonely road between Wikieup and Wickenburg was barely a town at all.
When it was established in 1977 by a group of four friends, Nothing had only two buildings: one a gas station with a garage and the other a small roadside market.
As at 2005, however, Nothing had been abandoned by people probably due to its remote location. The town slowly began to blend into the Arizona desert.
In 2009, hope came again for this ghost town as the property was purchased and life returned to Nothing. This spark of life was, however, going to be cut short very soon.
The new owners cleared away trash and debris, began restoring the old store, and sold pizza from a food truck. Unfortunately, within a year, the usual trend of deserting the town kicked in again.
The new owners closed up shop, took down signs, and gated the area with a fence. Once again, there remained nothing in Nothing and the population returned to zero.
Today, what’s left of the town still sits abandoned and crumbling. The fence is gone so you can wander around the area to see what’s left and a lot of people do.
The old garage is long gone, the store has been gutted with doors and windows missing, and its walls are covered in graffiti. Debris and items once standing on the property litter the ground.
It remains a mystery how a little town that attracted life and commerce has now been reduced into nothingness, dreams lost, and virtually a ghost town.
