Gold had been discovered in the Sawtooth Mountains. It was 1879, thirty years after the California Gold Rush, and dozens of ...

Discover Michigan’s forgotten ghost towns—from buried ports to eerie cemeteries—where mining ruins, lost communities, and ...

Destitute and convinced she was dying, Calamity Jane boarded a train in Billings, Montana, without a ticket. When she was ...

The monthly Rear View column features historic photo stories from The Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History at The ...

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

From Wrangell, Alaska, to Oatman, Arizona, you'll be surprised to see what these places looked like a century ago.

Tennessee hides dozens of abandoned communities in its mountains, valleys, and beneath its lakes. Some vanished when dams flooded entire valleys, others emptied as logging camps shut down or the ...

The idea that we’re all in this together, that despite the geographic vastness of our state, we’re all neighbors is inherent in the Cowboy State’s identity. This viewpoint, however, does not seem to ...

Way back in 2013, I excitedly turned on the Travel Channel to watch as Wyoming made its first appearance on “Ghost Adventures.” I came away from the episode disappointed. For those unfamiliar, this ...

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 ...

Columnist Joan Barron writes, "Could we, in good conscience, let Lost Springs die? Or Manderson? Or Hyattville? I think as long as Wyoming has money in the bank, they will get state help. Whether that ...

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors a peek into what life was like in each community during its heyday. Some ...