Calico Ghost Town

Visiting Calico Ghost Town

With the shops of Calico, restaurants and numerous attractions, Calico Ghost Town offers endless opportunities for exploration and discovery.

The Shops of Calico

Calico boasts over ten shops with unique flavors of the West. Granny’s Calico Crafts features handcrafted decorated accessories and craft books. At Calico Woodworks shop carvings and furniture or see craftsmen and women at work. Browse a selection of clothing, hats, candy, packaged food items and films in Lane’s General Store. In the Calico Photo Shop you will discover vintage photos, camera and film supplies. The Print Shop carries newsprints, posters, maps and books, postcards and games. Visit the Bath House and browse soaps, lotions and potpourri. R & D Fossils and Minerals carry fossils, minerals, jewelry and clocks. Visit the Rock Shop and discover a selection of jewelry, rocks and minerals, and Calico charms and spoons. Specialty foods such as candy espresso can be purchased in the Sweet Shop. Find glass and china dishware, curios, and wooden cars and trains in the Bottle Shop. Handcrafted clay pottery, metalwork and leaded glass items are sold in the Pottery Shop. At Calico Candle Co., browse a selection of woven goods, basket fillers, candles and candle holders.

Restaurants at Calico

Enjoy a quick bite or lunch in one of Calico Ghost Town’s restaurants. Stop by Lil’s Saloon for a snack or light lunch. Located at the top of town, Old Miner’s Café serves salads, sandwiches, hamburgers and hot dogs as well as cold and hot beverages. Calico House Restaurant is a full-service restaurant that serves traditional meals enjoyed by Calico residents in the late 1880s including stews, pot pies, shepherd’s pie, meatloaf and the famous buffalo burger.

Attractions

Lane House Museum

Located on Main Street in one of Calico’s four late-1800s adobe buildings, Lane House Museum offers a place to learn more about Calico and the former Calico Mining District as well as the natural history of the surrounding desert environment.

Maggie’s Mine

Visit Maggie’s Mine, a working silver mine from the 1880s and the only mine in Calico open to the public. Before entering the Calico mine, explore displays that examine the process of getting silver from the ore, a reconstruction of an assay office and samples of stamp mills that were used during the early days in mining. A self-guided tour of Maggie’s Mine begins with a black light display that shows some of the minerals in the local rocks. Travel down the mine drift and see and hear the history of the mine and learn how the miners worked in the local Calico Mountains.

Gold Panning

Experience firsthand how miners of yesterday and today pan for gold. During your Gold Panning adventure pan for gold and take home your own fool’s gold.

Mystery Shack

Calico Ghost Town’s Mystery Shack was built by Harry Dover. Take a guided tour of the shack and see the unexplainable. From water that runs uphill to brooms that stand by themselves, experience fun and laughter in the Mystery Shack.

Calico-Odessa Railway

Discover Calico by train. Take a tour of Calico Ghost Town on the type of train used to cart silver from the mines.

Travel Tip

- Do not forget your camera. There will be exciting photo opportunities during your visit to Calico Ghost Town.