Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...

Wild West boomtowns that turned into hollow relics hold a macabre grip on travelers' imaginations, and Utah's abandoned sites ...

Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...

This Colorado ghost town is an eerie reminder of mining's negative effects and can be seen from Highway 24, not far from the capital of the Mile High State.

The lore of this Colorado mining town named after a gold prospector is worthy of a Hollywood Western, and its remnants are ...

It would be easy to drive past Spring Lake Cemetery. Nestled among fields and farms near Hastings, the 1-acre cemetery is home to weathered stone graves dating to the 1800s. Some stick out of the ...

GOMEZ The railroad changed everything. Long before the open plains were filled with rows of crops, they were brimming with the hopes of prosperity from families who flocked to Gomez. It was the first ...

Did you know that Florida is full of ghost towns? Some websites list more than 200 of them in the state. Ghost towns are cities, towns or villages that were abandoned for a particularly interesting, ...

The News Herald has been documenting Bay County's lost communities, or "ghost towns." Here's an interactive map of over 20 of ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...