Long before Lake Mead became a symbol of drought and decline, its cliffs echoed with the roar of trains carrying materials to build the Hoover Dam. The Historic Railroad Trail follows those abandoned ...

Picture a dusty town frozen in time, where wooden buildings creak in the desert wind and stories of silver miners echo ...

This surreal DIY museum is a must-see if you find yourself exploring the southwestern region of the U.S. and love singular ...

Explore Nevada’s forgotten corners where crumbling buildings and deserted towns are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Explore Arizona’s forgotten ghost towns, where crumbling buildings, silent streets, and desert winds create hauntingly ...

In South Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains lies a mysterious 19th-century tunnel that never fulfilled its promise but continues ...

A law enforcement officer reported a sighting of murder suspect Dominic Connelly Wednesday near Wilmar, crossing railroad ...

A Geotab analysis counts more than 500 ghost towns statewide, with the densest cluster in Wilson County near San Antonio.

From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying their dead in spaces that received few protections.

From a half-million symmetrical lakes to a lost gold mine, our national parks and public lands are home to fascinating and ...

From the Monongahela valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story’s always the same Seven hundred tons of metal a day Now sir you tell me the wor ...

The acclaimed photographer shares images from “American Prospects,” the wilderness of New York’s pre-park High Line and a video installation in Reading.