Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the stories of a forgotten past.

The thrill of walking through a truly abandoned place is unmatched for any dedicated historian or urban explorer. Missouri ...

Picher, Oklahoma, is said to be the most dangerous ghost town in America—and it’s not because it’s full of ghosts. Picher is toxic—literally.

Curious where America keeps its goosebumps? From rusting ghost towns to crumbling hospitals, these eerie spots pair haunting ...

The woods of Smithfield are home to more than the scenic hiking trails, trees, plant life, streams and native animals that ...

Whitley County’s ghost towns follow the rise and fall of the railroads, and in some cases carry the mournful echoes of Native Americans rousted from their homes.

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

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, ...

Amid spikes in redevelopment across South Carolina, urban explorers and historic preservationists are keeping the stories ...