In the scorching heart of California’s southeast lies the ghost town of Tumco, once a thriving mining settlement known as Hedges. This video explores its rusted artifacts, collapsed foundations, and ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

uncovering 100-year-old abandoned mines is a job the New Jersey Department of Transportation is doing mostly blind. That's the tricky challenge facing DOT officials as they try to repair three ...