4 Maryland Communities Lost to Coal, Floods, and a Reservoir

Maryland has 4 weird towns and communities whose stories involve coal mines, textile mills, devastating floods, and a reservoir that swallowed an entire settlement. These vanished places reveal a stranger side of Maryland history—where company towns declined, industrial communities were abandoned, and forests or water reclaimed what people built. The episode visits the submerged community of Oakland Mills, the Maryland–West Virginia coal town of Kempton, and the flooded mill town of Daniels, while also uncovering the forest-covered remains of Vindex. From the Patapsco River to the upper Potomac and Liberty Reservoir, these Maryland towns are more than abandoned buildings: they are lost communities with churches, mills, railways, homes, and working-class histories. America Is Weird—and sometimes its most unusual places are the ones that no longer appear on the map. #AmericaIsWeird #Maryland #MarylandGhostTowns America is a weird place. New videos every day.