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

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company ...

Across Delaware, small towns rose around mills, rail stops, and waterways before vanishing with little notice. When industries collapsed or routes shifted, employment evaporated almost instantly.

The Beehive State is full of complex stories of settlement, some inspiring, some a little unsavory; some tales of grit and perseverance turned to boom and bust. During the 1800s and early 1900s, ...

Muncie was once home to a variety of railroads, including CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Muncie also had a network of streetcars and interurban lines ...

Did you know that Florida is full of ghost towns? Some websites list more than 200 of them in the state. Ghost towns are cities, towns or villages that were abandoned for a particularly interesting, ...

In the unincorporated community of Toney in rural northwestern Madison County, you’ll find the remains of what was once a little whistle-stop town. The remnants, located about four miles from the ...

The rough-and-tumble days of the Old West may be gone in the Arizona of today, but the ghost towns it's left behind are sometimes just as fascinating. Arizona is full of places that once thrived and ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...