Ghost towns are a fun way to learn about history while tapping into the wonder of the eerie and unknown. But this ghost town ...

Welcome to Calico, California, a ghost town that’s more alive than you’d expect! Nestled in the Mojave Desert, this rustic ...

Enduring folklore of “ghost lights” haunting a Lowcountry town in South Carolina may be more fact than myth, a new study ...

Winooski had a short time as a community in the 19th century. Its most famous resident was a well-known abolitionist who had ...

Hold onto your ten-gallon hats, folks, because we’re about to take a wild ride through time to a place where the Old West ...

You can explore charming towns, hike stunning trails and enjoy affordable accommodations ... Stay at historic inns like the ...

This community of about 1,000 was doomed when a garbage fire ignited abandoned coal mines that ran right under the town. Despite every effort to extinguish it, the fire has been burning since 1962.

From the Gold Rush to the shuttered factories of the Midwest’s former manufacturing strongholds, many American ghost towns share a similar history despite their varying eras and locations.

A railroad connected Humberstone ... Workers left to find other jobs, leaving ghost towns behind. The saltpeter works became Historic Monuments in 1970, saving them from demolition.

A decapitated train conductor is said to prowl a section of railroad in Maco Station, North Carolina, illuminating the tracks with a lantern. But this ghost is far from the only reported rail ...

There's an old saying that you should buy real estate because "God ain't making no more land," but there's land a PLENTY in ...