Summer Staycations: Exploring 'Abandoned Oklahoma'

Wednesday, July 1st 2020, 10:51 pm

By: News 9

BOYNTON, Okla. -

News 9 Photojournalist Darrell Vannostran documents the interesting sights and sounds of Oklahoma's ghost towns.

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