An entrepreneur has documented the progress he has made in rebuilding a California ghost town that he purchased to develop into a tourist attraction. Cerro Gordo—meaning fat hill in Spanish—was a ...

Michigan has no shortage of ghost towns, and many of them are hidden gems for travelers and history buffs. Here are five ...

Ivo Zdarsky has been living alone in an airplane hangar in the abandoned town of Lucin, Utah, since 2007 — social distancing before that was a thing.

These five former boomtowns invite you to step into the state’s mining history On the northern edge of the Mojave Desert sits the remnants of a former boomtown. There, visitors are greeted by the ...

Ghost towns are the skeletal remains of once-bustling communities, offering a haunting glimpse into America’s past. These abandoned locales are often the result of economic shifts, natural disasters, ...

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 ...

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

If you’re headed out of Las Vegas, Rhyolite is a must‑see ghost town. Founded in 1905 after Shorty Harris struck gold, it boomed to 5,000 people, with 50 saloons and an opera house. Mines folded by ...