Hidden in the foothills of Arizona’s Castle Dome Mountains lies the ghost town of Castle Dome City. Founded in 1864, it grew into a rough mining community with schools, stores, a jail, and no shortage ...

I visited Maryland's Glen Echo Park, where some attractions are frozen in time, while others have been turned into local art ...

The Longhorn Saloon and Dance Hall stands as the town’s unofficial centerpiece, its facade decorated with authentic wagon wheels and the kind of architectural details that modern builders would charge ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...

What drives a settlement to flourish and then vanish? We walk the empty streets of Desert Center, California, and uncover the ...

The country’s biggest lithium mine has residents of McDermitt skeptical. The town straddles the Nevada-Oregon border and has a history of pollution.

There’s huge potential in transforming brownfield land from environmental liability and eyesore into local renewable energy ...

Wild West boomtowns that turned into hollow relics hold a macabre grip on travelers' imaginations, and Utah's abandoned sites ...

Face Texas ghost towns, frozen in time and mystery, where deserted streets, crumbling buildings and fading memories still linger.

ALPINE, Texas — In one of the most remote corners of Texas, Matt Hewitt is unlocking the door to a giant steel trap he's hoping will catch a black bear. "It's completely empty," Hewitt says, as he ...

As wealthier areas are pushing back against huge A.I. data centers, speculators are pitching places like Doña Ana County, N.M., on their vision. Local officials are eager for a deal — even if they don ...