Tucked in the Arizona desert, Castle Dome City is more than a ghost town—it’s a living museum of the Old West. Once a booming ...

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.

But if you are on the hunt for one to visit, look no further than right here in Texas. Located in deep south Texas near the Mexico border, you'll find one of the most visited ghost towns in the world.

"At some point, people came to Bisbee and said this place has promise … but, trust me, it was a beat-up old shoe." After ...

Later that year, a hopeful, 49-year-old pizza chef named Mike Jensen ... Kentucky Camp used to be a mining camp, as so many ghost towns were. Gold was discovered on the eastern slope of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...