it actually refers to an old, abandoned city. America's western states are full of these towns; many were founded during the mining boom in the late 1800s to serve as home bases for miners.

What happens when humans leave? The wild returns—with a vengeance! From abandoned mining towns to empty desert outposts, ...

But when the mines closed in 1998 there was no reason for people to live in Pyramiden, and the town was rapidly abandoned. Today there is just a skeleton staff of caretakers. Reindeer and arctic ...

Douglas, closed during The Great Depression in 1938. Mining ceased altogether in 1953. Jerome is considered a "ghost town" not only because it was once abandoned, but because of its stories about ...

Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges of the region’s mining boom-and-bust era, which began with the discovery of gold near present-day Dayton in 1849 and continued into ...

from depopulated military and mining towns and drowned villages to ancient enclaves destroyed by war and disasters. Read on to explore some of Europe's most haunting ghost towns... Alexey ...

But, today, that mining has hollowed out the ground beneath us. Pennsylvania’s inventory of abandoned coal mines ... “These coal-patch towns have loads of mines. Every town has a mine ...