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Thistle, Utah
Photo: Jenny Bauman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thistle was a railroad town founded in 1883 that was buried in 1983 by a huge landslide which dammed the Spanish Fork River into a lake, forcing everyone out in time. The disaster cost about $200 million and led to rebuilt roads and railroad, and a 2018 fire destroyed more of what remained. A few structures stand beside the highway, visible from a pullout.
Viewable from a pullout on US-6; check recent conditions after the 2018 fire.
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