PANAMA CITY— Those who have enjoyed tubing or kayaking down Econfina Creek, or swimming in any of the surrounding springs that feed it, may be unaware that the river winds through several abandoned ...

Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall of the Gold Rush era.

Save this for a weekend drive when you want quiet scenery, local history, and places that feel like time hit pause.

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Walter Knott never set out to build a theme park — but a series of smart choices and lucky breaks led him and wife Cordelia Knott to building one of California’s earliest and most popular tourist ...

Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...

The Beehive State is full of complex stories of settlement, some inspiring, some a little unsavory; some tales of grit and perseverance turned to boom and bust. During the 1800s and early 1900s, ...

Due to its rich mining history, you'll find one of the USA's largest collections of ghost towns in Arizona. Here are 20 of ...

The News Herald has been documenting Bay County's lost communities, or "ghost towns." Here's an interactive map of over 20 of ...

The best Washington ghost towns are those that are abandoned or nearly so, with just traces of human history left behind — a weathered church, a crumbling storefront, or just the outlines of old ...