Today, there isn’t much left of the town, but there are still a few old buildings, like a diner, a café, a motel, and a gas ...

Farther north, in the Keweenaw, moss now carpets what used to be streets, and wind moves through empty doorframes like a ...

There is a certain allure in visiting the relics of an abandoned town — the thrilling mix of discovery and fear of what lurks in its quiet corridors. Some ghost towns become downright terrifying to ...

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 ...

The Gulf whispers around Indianola’s ghost, where salt and wind erased what used to be Texas’ main port. Waves lap at grassy ...

Less than an hour from Denver, Colorado, is a once-thriving historic settlement that's now an abandoned ghost town with a few ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

California's rich history includes a fascinating chapter of the Old West and mining towns that played a significant role in shaping the state's identity. From the Gold Rush era to the Wild West days, ...

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 ...