Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the ...

Spooky season is the perfect time to explore old and abandoned towns, and one state with a history of gold and silver mining ...

Explore Kansas ghost towns where dreams, dust, and echoes of history linger across the wide-open prairie horizon.

Garnet is one of Montana’s best-preserved ghost towns, where original buildings and guided tours bring 19th-century mining history to life for travelers.

But real ghosts or not, Walter Knott did built a ghost town, and he cobbled it together out of old buildings sourced from ...

For decades, ghost towns across the United States have captured the imagination of adventurers, storytellers, and ...

From Rochester's forgotten subway to Bannerman's Castle, these decaying landmarks tell fascinating stories of New York's ...

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, ...

In downtown Burnsville, the ghost-seeking crowds gather near Roland’s Bar at the NuWray Hotel. Henry, a scenic designer by day, arrives in dark clothing, heavy rings and a feathered hat, carrying a ...

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 ...

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 ...