12 Most Isolated Towns in the USA (They Refuse to Leave)
Mar 9, 2026
Some towns in the United States are so isolated that reaching them requires boats, planes, long hikes, or even crossing another country. Yet despite the extreme remoteness, people still live there and refuse to leave.
Towns in the video:
Supai, Arizona — Mail delivered by mule.
Kalaupapa, Hawaii — Isolated leper colony.
Stehekin, Washington — No roads leading in.
Tangier Island, Virginia — Island slowly disappearing.
Whittier, Alaska — Town inside one building.
Hyder, Alaska — Only accessible through Canada.
Point Roberts, Washington — U.S. town cut off by Canada.
McCarthy, Alaska — Remote abandoned mining town.
Hanksville, Utah — Town in a Mars-like desert.
Adak, Alaska — Former military base town.
Monowi, Nebraska — Only one resident.
Mentone, Texas — Least populated county in America.
Would you live in one of these towns? Let me know in the comments.
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