The Ghost is an alleged non-corporeal manifestation of a dead person (rarely, an animal). It is often thought to be the spirit or soul of a person who has remained on Earth after death. According to some beliefs, a ghost may be the personality of a person after his or her death, and not tied directly to the soul or spirit. The idea of an ongoing corporeal presence has even been carried over into our idea of a ghost town.  The American west has many places where all that remains of a once thriving community are empty falling down houses, crumbled foundations, the cemetery, and perhaps some fading ghost town photos in a museum.  Ghost town pictures attempt to capture the sense of loss, nostalgia, and sadness created when viewing the remains of all the hopes and dreams of the people who lived there.  In many stories, ghosts are depicted as haunting the living until a certain desire is met or some grievance was settled by the haunted. Better known ghost towns always seem to come with stories of a resident ghost and what tragic series of misfortunes lead to their creation. Mining towns are especially good for ghost stories.  These future ghost towns grew quickly as people responded to the lure of easy wealth.  They tended to be lawless places with shootings, stabbing's, fights and murders.  Many were killed by violence or died in tragic accidents. Valuable minerals are often found in areas with old volcanic activity.  These sites feature rugged terrain with steep cliffs, mountains and unusual rocks and minerals.  Pictures of cliffs where tragedies occurred can still be photographed.  With luck you may even get a rainbow photo over the site of the ghost forming event. Once the mines were worked out residents quickly moved on to the next boom town.  The once active community was quickly deserted and became a ghost town.  Now the area is probably used for grazing and cows will be wandering among the old buildings.  You may even get a chance to get a picture of a cowboy on horseback moving the cows on their way home. Some famous ghosts are the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn, the ghost of Thomas Becket and the ghost of Lady Jane Grey.