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 ...

SHERIDAN — In the 1890s, the Bighorns were a vast, rugged territory with few roads beyond wagon pathways. While horses and oxen could make the trek, dense snows during winter made higher peaks simply ...

Canada's forgotten corners are experiencing an unexpected renaissance. What were once abandoned mining camps, logging ...

Experience the art of blacksmithing at Gold King Mine Ghost Town. Learn about the history of the mine and the craft of ...

Amid all of this juxtaposition between modern life and a town frozen in time, one thing has remained a constant: Oatman is ...

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 ...

Visit abandoned places in Colorado where mining once drove busy communities. See remaining structures, learn local history, and plan day trips in the Rockies.

Some ghost towns are protected by parks departments. But Bodie, California, protects itself—with a curse. For years, visitors to this ghost town have learned that bad luck will befall anyone who makes ...

Travel through California ghost towns where crumbling streets, empty saloons and desert winds let silence tell the darkest ...

Thousands of artifacts, including a more than 150-year-old bottle of alcohol, were recently discovered during an excavation ...