Fayette is one of the largest and oldest ghost towns in Michigan, and arguably one of the best preserved. From 1867 to 1891 it was a busy iron-smelting town on Lake Michigan's Snail Shell Harbor, home to nearly 500 people at its peak. Today it's Fayette Historic State Park, and you can walk its streets, peek into its buildings and stand inside the old furnace complex. I visited in November, right after peak tourist season, and had the parking lot to myself. Quick facts Locati