Elkmont Historic District was once a Tennessee ghost town. Now, 16 cabins have been preserved and restored, and are open to the public.

In an ancient Turkish region lies an abandoned underground city of 20,000 inhabitants (per BBC). Part of a UNESCO World ...

The Bronze Age in ancient Greece was a pivotal era that laid the foundation for the rich tapestry of Hellenic civilization.

On a historical impact per square mile basis, few places on earth rival the island of Tinian. Almost completely forgotten ...

Many years ago, when I was young, my friends and I loved exploring abandoned buildings. On one of those nighttime excursions, ...

A possibly abandoned home caught fire in Elkhart earlier this week. The Elkhart Fire Department responded to a possible structure fire at 309 State St. at 10:41 p.m. Monday. Upon arrival crews found ...

A modern-day gold rush boom was on full display at Calico California Days, a kitschy celebration of early settlements held at Calico Ghost Town, the legendary San Bernardino County mining hub that ...

Krishnan Suthanthiran, an Indian-born, U.S.-based medical technology entrepreneur, believes Kitsault's time as an energy hub has finally come. Suthanthiran is touting his privately owned ghost town as ...

CALGARY — Krishnan Suthanthiran is trying to make Kitsault, B.C., happen — again. The Indian-born, U.S.-based medical technology entrepreneur says he spent about US$7 million two decades ago to ...

A middle-aged man makes peace with his childhood trauma in Perrotta’s stellar latest (after Tracy Flick Can’t Win). Accomplished novelist Jimmy Perrini looks back on his youth in bucolic Creamwood, ...

When Jerry Craghead stepped on a mine grate called a grizzly, in a tunnel in the Eagle Mine at Gilman, Colorado, the grizzly gave way and Craghead nearly plunged down the deep shaft below. The miner ...