Many early day settlers came to Western Kansas via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and in the 1870’s and early ...

But now what’s left of Leadfield – a ghost town in Death Valley National Park about 22 miles west of Beatty, Nevada – stands ...

The community was named for a bald, volcano-shaped hill that early settlers said resembled a popular cone-shaped sugar loaf ...

Cheyenne railroad historian Michael Pannell is walking the defunct Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail line in Wyoming to ...

Step into Arizona’s past at this historic ghost town, where traces of the past still linger around every dusty corner.

Elk Mountain, Wyoming, is home to a fascinating museum showcasing local history and artifacts from indigenous tribes and ...

This small Nevada town has a rich history, hot springs, and scenic canyons that offer a retreat with stunning landscapes just ...

A modern-day gold rush boom was on full display at Calico California Days, a kitschy celebration of early settlements held at Calico Ghost Town, the legendary San Bernardino County mining hub that ...

As he headed to a construction job in Atlantic City with his cousin on a cold Friday in December, Rene Dominguez Facundo had plenty of reasons to want to get back home to Bridgeton as soon as possible ...

The United States is home to more than 4,500 ghost towns, settlements that were once thriving but are now abandoned due to economic decline, the closure of mines, changes in transportation routes, or ...

I was born and raised in Parkersburg and I’ve been proud to admit that fact. When I was 18, I moved to Huntington to attend college at Marshall. Ten years later, I moved to Palm Beach County, Fla., ...

The Summit County Historical Society is hosting a Feb. 10 book launch for authors Bill Fountain and Sandra Mather for a book in their “Historical Landscapes” series called “Ghost Towns and Townsites: ...