West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police ...

A now near-ghost town in West Virginia was once home of lavish a hotel, a "historic spot for trouble" that hosted a ...

Among the prettiest ghost towns you’re ever likely to visit, Virginia City is set near Yellowstone ... According to the 2020 census, this once-booming coal mining town still had a population ...

With massive coal reserves acting as a natural charcoal filter, West Virginia used to be famous for its well and spring water. "We had the best darn water in the world," Prenter Hollow ...

Take a step back in time while visiting these historic – and slightly spooky – ghost towns ... The infamous town of Tin Cup, Colorado, which is known for its ties to shady Wild West outlaws ...