Bodie is the quintessential ghost town, frozen in time high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once a booming gold mining town ...

America is filled with small towns that seem picture-perfect on the surface—but some carry a darker history that refuses to stay buried. Behind charming main streets and historic homes lurk chilling ...

You walk into the area that once was home to a community of people just living their lives day to day. Now the site is empty, the fog hangs low and you can hear yourself breathing. The hair on your ...

Across the American frontier, ghost towns sit frozen in time. Behind their crumbling walls are stories of fortune, failure, ...

In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...

As Halloween approaches, people may be looking for some spooky exploring to do in the Silver State. Luckily for Nevadans, their home state has hundreds of ghost towns perfect for a scare or historical ...

Dozens of small towns and settlements in Palm Beach County have disappeared over time. Many of these lost towns were destroyed by hurricanes, floods, or changing economic conditions. Some towns were ...

Editor’s note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Lubbock’s forgotten ...

Fall is a popular time to visit these sites, offering a chance to also see the season's changing aspen leaves. Many former mining towns like St. Elmo, Animas Forks and Ashcroft have preserved ...

Small towns just seem to do Halloween best! Maybe it's the way the streets glow under the light of a hundred jack-o'-lanterns, or how neighbors come together for parades, costume contests, and haunted ...