Steeped in centuries of old diamond history, a seaside city in Africa has been left abandoned and frozen in time for over 70 ...

While a tragedy that day was averted, sinkholes attributed to abandoned mines have occasionally proven deadly for generations, in New Jersey and elsewhere. In November 1963, a 15-year-old boy was ...

Lowell, Arizona, was once a prospering copper mining town located southeast of Bisbee. Today, it's famous for its historic charm and vintage cars that line the main thoroughfare. People from around ...

This community of about 1,000 was doomed when a garbage fire ignited abandoned coal mines that ran right under the town. Despite every effort to extinguish it, the fire has been burning since 1962.

Here are expanded descriptions for all 20 ghost towns in Colorado: ...

Explore Washington State's mysterious past with ghostly tales of abandoned towns. Are you brave enough to visit?

With the remnants of the abandoned mine shafts still in sight, few could imagine how this once devastated and scarred old ...

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs and eliminating criminal syndicates.

In New Hampshire, many people may be unfamiliar with the issue. We tend not to think of our state as having old abandoned mines that through past abuses or neglect are out there polluting our water ...

While a tragedy that day was averted, sinkholes attributed to abandoned mines have occasionally proven deadly for generations, in New Jersey and elsewhere. In November 1963, a 15-year-old boy was ...