Arizona has been a destination for thousands of hopeful settlers over the years. At one point, many of them were miners looking to find gold in the mineral-rich Sonoran desert mountains. But, just as ...

Journey back through time in Arizona and discover five deserted towns left behind after mining booms, train‑robbing legends ...

Arizona ghost towns tell the stories of the state’s past. An estimated 100,000 mines hide among the towering cactus and dusty roads of Arizona. These mines produced rich minerals, causing small town ...

Do you believe that all abandoned towns are truly deserted? Arizona is home to many "ghost towns," and a few of them might actually have ghosts. Given the state's rich — and sometimes violent past — ...

Check out Mel Martin's Auto Museum in Glendale, where you can find one of the biggest collections of rare cars in the country. After that, swing by Ceretta's Candy Factory to see how they make their ...

SYDNEY, Oct 30 (Reuters Life!) - Travellers seeking a quiet place need look no further than the numerous towns around the world that have been abandoned for one reason or another. Travel review ...

Life in metro Phoenix and other big cities can sometimes become mundane as you wait in traffic or in line at the supermarket. Everyday tasks seem to blend into one overwhelmingly boring hassle in the ...

To travel into the past, you only have to drive a little more than 200 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, to a former mining town in the Mule Mountains. Bisbee was once the largest city in Arizona, ...

Located in the Superstition Mountains, Goldfield was a booming gold-mine town from 1892 to 1898, the time it took to strip the rich vein of all its ore. Between Sedona and Prescott, the town boasted ...

Ghost towns are common throughout Arizona, thanks to this state’s rich Old West history and our tendency to abandon a community when its usefulness has been exhausted. Take, for example, the ...