Centralia, Pennsylvania was once a bustling coal mining community that reached a population of 2,761 by 1890. Though the town was small, it held seven churches, five hotels, a variety of grocery ...

My friend Emmy and I drove the same road in the opposite direction in 2018, and now here we were doing it again on our way to ...

Once the setting for the successful Chisos quicksilver-mining company, when the company filed for bankruptcy in the 1940s, Terlingua went from a booming hotspot to a nearly-deserted ghost town.

As one of the best-preserved ghost towns in the American Southwest, Ruby, Arizona, remains a reminder of the Wild West. With a mine founded in the 1870s that produced gold, silver, lead, zinc, and ...

The abandoned 1912 high school building in Toya, Texas, now sits empty in the West Texas ghost town. Toya, once a booming railroad hub, is a destination for hunters of Texas ghost towns. Jo Anne S ...

Inside the American ghost town with population ZERO - where tourists flock to snap selfies with iconic sign - as one lonely man fights to save its legacy after inheriting it from his father.

If you want to step back in time and get a taste of the old American West, here are a few different Utah ghost towns that are well worth a visit this year.

Photos of Abandoned American Factories: Then and Now. Fred Topel. April 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM. ... Often outdated factories get demolished or replaced, but in some cities and towns, ...

Small towns reclaim abandoned ski areas as nonprofits Under the gaze of the imposing Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado, the 50-acre Parker-Fitzgerald Cuchara Mountain Park is the story of so many ...

Photos of Abandoned American Factories: Then and Now. Fred Topel. April 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM. ... Related: Spooky Ghost Towns Across America. Wikimedia Commons. Portland Cement Plant: Then.