Okay, not really, but wouldn't that be cool?!?! California ghost town sells for $1.4 million It is possible to buy entire towns these days. A little over a month after a 19th century ghost town in California called Cerro Gordo went on sale, Brent Underwood bought it for $1.4 million, real estate agent Jake Rasmuson said. The asking price for Cerro Gordo is $925,000, according to a property listing. The sale closed on Friday the 13th -- "in true ghost town fashion," Rasmuson quipped. "We really didn't expect the activity we had," he said, saying that he underestimated the amount of offers the town would receive. "We received about a dozen offers, Mr. Underwood's offer was appreciated by the sellers," Rasmuson said. "There were other offers, but Mr. Underwood's plan was beneficial to the preservation and public use of the property." https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ghost-town-sold-cerro-gordo/index.html
I've been looking into buying an island lately. There are some decent ones going for <100k at Private Islands Inc - Islands for Sale and Rent This one strikes my fancy in particular: Sweet Island - British Columbia, Canada - Private Islands for Sale - it's a 3 acre lake island in Stuart Lake in BC, Canada. It's got good amenities, but the absolute best amenity it has is the name: Sweet Island. As in, "dude, that's one Sweet Island, bro." I want to buy it for the name alone, heh.
