Visit abandoned places in Colorado where mining once drove busy communities. See remaining structures, learn local history, ...

Explore the haunting remains of eight ghost towns scattered across Comanche County, Kansas, in this eerie first installment.

The St. Joseph Glore Psychiatric Museum was recently featured on the television series My Haunted Hometown, produced by ...

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 ...

Dozens of small towns and settlements in Palm Beach County have disappeared over time. Many of these lost towns were destroyed by hurricanes, floods, or changing economic conditions. Some towns were ...

Many movies and books have been inspired by real towns. Sometimes, the inspiration is over a specific event, while there are times that the towns serve as inspirational places for the feel and theme ...

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors a peek into what life was like in each community during its heyday. Some ...

Forgotten chapters of Michigan history lie in remote spots, ghost towns that recall yesteryear's flourishing settlements. From the northern tip of the Upper Peninsula to the Thumb, in the heart of mid ...

Texas is famous for leading the nation in cattle, cotton and oil, but the Lone Star State can claim another distinction more appropriate for Halloween this week: Texas not only hosts more bat species ...

Editor’s note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Lubbock’s forgotten ...

Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...

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 ...