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

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 ...

Walking through empty streets where laughter once filled the air feels deeply unsettling. These abandoned places tell stories of dreams that crumbled, disasters that changed everything, and ...

Some ghost towns are protected by parks departments. But Bodie, California, protects itself—with a curse. For years, visitors to this ghost town have learned that bad luck will befall anyone who makes ...

There is a certain allure in visiting the relics of an abandoned town — the thrilling mix of discovery and fear of what lurks in its quiet corridors. Some ghost towns become downright terrifying to ...

Ruins of an abandoned schoolhouse in the ghost town of Gleeson, Arizona - Atomazul/Shutterstock The rough-and-tumble days of the Old West may be gone in the Arizona of today, but the ghost towns it's ...

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 ...

In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...

Rhyolite, a ghost town near Beatty and Death Valley in Southern Nevada, was named one of the spookiest places in the United States by RV Trader, an online shop for recreational vehicles. RV Trader ...