Calico Ghost Town near Barstow will celebrate its 4th annual California Days event over Presidents Day weekend.

Colorado is rich in history, and one of its most fascinating features is its collection of abandoned ghost towns. These once-thriving mining settlements now stand as eerie remnants of the past, ...

Namibia, while renowned for its expansive deserts and abundant wildlife, holds a lesser-known yet equally captivating allure: a landscape dotted with intriguing relics of abandoned towns.

but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ghost towns. They died for many reasons. Some had bad soil. Some didn’t survive the change from river ...

The smallest cities in the U.S. aren't all rundown communities void of residents, businesses or even stoplights. In some cases, they are small towns set among picturesque landscape. Others might even ...

For such a lonely and desolate place, the stunning colours add a touch of life to the abandoned town. The Dallol volcano, which last erupted in 1926, is known for its unearthly colours and mineral ...

Florida has as many as 240 ghost towns, but there's one that formed during the Civil War era that's recently been getting renewed attention after laying abandoned for decades. The remnants of ...

BUCKSPORT, Maine — A coalition of lawmakers in Hancock County are working on a slate of bills that could allow Maine towns to band together and take ownership of abandoned dams, as well as clarify ...

As a result, flourishing towns were built in the middle of the desert. However, when the diamond deposits ran dry Bogenfels fell into major decline, and the area was once again abandoned.

Many American cities have dire public transport systems, but it hasn't always been this way. How did they get so bad and how ...