Founded during the gold rush of the 1860s, Virginia City is one of the best-preserved frontier towns in the American West — and one of the most haunted. Visitors report apparitions of spectral miners roaming abandoned saloons and boardwalks, while the “lady in white” is said to drift through the old opera house. Disembodied voices, phantom piano music, and cold spots add to the atmosphere, especially after dark. Today the town operates as a living museum, where history and ghostly legend intertwine.