Mitchell sits there with its gorgeous brick buildings and tree-lined streets, practically begging for attention, while the rest of the world seems convinced South Dakota is just Mount Rushmore and ...

The Western America Railroad Museum showcases the town’s important role in connecting California to the rest of the country. Housing costs remain remarkably affordable, with many single-family homes ...

If you’re looking to add a little extra sparkle to your holiday season, California offers plenty of spots that bring festive ...

The thrill of walking through a truly abandoned place is unmatched for any dedicated historian or urban explorer. Missouri ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with psychologist Coltan Scrivner about his book Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't ...

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 7 of the Creepiest Ghost Towns in the United States.

But real ghosts or not, Walter Knott did built a ghost town, and he cobbled it together out of old buildings sourced from ...

Tragedy has a way of lingering, like the car crash that spurred the haunting of Lydia’s Bridge in Jamestown or the ...

If you ask resident Gail Westwood, she will say, yes, Breckenridge is haunted. Westwood is known as the go-to source for all ...

Garnet is one of Montana’s best-preserved ghost towns, where original buildings and guided tours bring 19th-century mining history to life for travelers. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight ...

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

There are quite a few ghost towns across Minnesota, especially in the Northern parts of the state. Many mining and industrial towns became ghost towns after the plants and mines shut down. Mines would ...