Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

From Pripyat and Plymouth to Kolmanskop, Craco, and Bodie, these ruins show how disaster and decline can freeze everyday life in place.

High in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina sits an abandoned Wild West-themed amusement park known as “Ghost Town in the Sky.” Built in 1961, it once attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors ...

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company towns still exist in a half-abandoned state. They are no longer active, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The abandoned 1912 high school building in Toya, Texas, now sits empty in the West Texas ghost town. Toya, once a booming railroad ...

Some ghost towns are protected by parks departments. But Bodie, California, protects itself—with a curse. For years, visitors to this ghost town have learned that bad luck will befall anyone who makes ...

The News Herald has been investigating several "ghost towns" in Bay County, Florida. A new interactive map showcases 20 lost communities. At least six communities were displaced in 1941 to make way ...

There was a time when a massive house on a sprawling suburban lot was the ultimate signal that you'd made it. Five thousand square feet. Grand foyer. Two-story living room nobody actually used. The ...