California’s landscape is dotted with forgotten places once-thriving communities that time has left behind. These ghost towns tell stories of gold rushes, mining booms, and dreams that turned to dust.

Walking through empty streets where laughter once filled the air feels deeply unsettling. These abandoned places tell stories of dreams that crumbled, disasters that changed everything, and ...

The best antidote for politicized nostalgia that hails an imagined idyllic yesteryear full of abundant blue-collar jobs? Taking a good, hard look at how those workers actually lived. "Power & Light," ...

Scattered across Greenwood County, Kansas, lie 13 ghost towns that once thrived with settlers before vanishing into history. Senate Democrats, Republicans reach deal to reopen government S.F. police ...

Forgotten chapters of Michigan history lie in remote spots, ghost towns that recall yesteryear's flourishing settlements. From the northern tip of the Upper Peninsula to the Thumb, in the heart of mid ...

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 ...

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The new owners of old, historic houses are always in store for an adventure. Usually this means fixing drafty windows, modernizing kitchens, and refinishing old hardwood floors. When Anna and Zach ...

From cock of the walk to feather duster in one fell swoop – no other destination demonstrates a fall from grace quite like the southern Namibian town of Kolmanskop. One of the world’s wealthiest ...

Whitley County’s ghost towns follow the rise and fall of the railroads, and in some cases carry the mournful echoes of Native Americans rousted from their homes. Whitley County Historical Museum ...

Ric Averill has hosted ghost tours around Lawrence for around ten years. He will lead several "Ghosting Lawrence" tours this week for the Lawrence Arts Center that blend local history and ghost ...

I still remember the first time I wandered through a crumbling ghost town in South Dakota, the wind whistling through broken windows as I kicked up dust on streets that once bustled with miners, ...