Abandoned towns or ghost towns are powerful reminders of America’s frontier past, mining booms, industrial failures, and ...

A clutch of empty businesses around an old highway intersection, burned out cars beside abandoned buildings-we've scared up ...

These Tennessee ghost towns may be deserted, but they’re rich with history. Explore the forgotten places travelers still love ...

This community has a profoundly quirky history and a name that coincidentally resembles a famous location from the Marvel ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...

Forgotten Kentucky towns whisper gentle tales through hills woods riverbanks and echoes that linger long after you leave ...

From Wrangell, Alaska, to Oatman, Arizona, you'll be surprised to see what these places looked like a century ago.

Get rich quick schemes, Florida Bust, these are the towns that once bustled, then disappeared from Palm Beach County.

The monthly Rear View column features historic photo stories from The Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History at The ...

Editor’s note: This story originally ran in The Denver Post. With abandoned mines, dusty streets and ramshackle buildings, Colorado’s ghost towns have a knack for giving visitors goosebumps. Colorado ...

The remnants of Nevada’s abandoned boomtowns and settlements are scattered across the desert, if you know where to look. Experts say that Nevada has up to 600 ghost towns throughout the state. Many ...