Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the stories of a forgotten past.

This once-thriving mining town was mostly abandoned after a coal seam fire ignited beneath it in 1962 and continues to burn ...

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

Spooky season is the perfect time to explore old and abandoned towns, and one state with a history of gold and silver mining ...

Cities don’t just disappear overnight. They fade, crack, and crumble under the weight of forces both visible and invisible — ...

For a decade, Bryan Sansivero has sought out forgotten and dilapidated homes across the United States — chasing the mystery of not knowing what he might find within.

Over the last 200 years or so, abandoned places in Illinois have undergone a transformation, adopting a more modern character ...

From Rochester's forgotten subway to Bannerman's Castle, these decaying landmarks tell fascinating stories of New York's ...

Welcome to Bodie, California’s best-preserved ghost town. It looks pretty much the same as it did when the last residents ...

These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History On the northern edge of the Mojave Desert sits the remnants of a former boomtown. There, visitors are greeted by the ...

Picture a dusty town frozen in time, where wooden buildings creak in the desert wind and stories of silver miners echo ...

Lasta, GREECE — There's nobody around anymore to man Saint George cafe in Lasta, a mountainous village in Greece's Peloponnese region. Instead, there's an honor system — just take a drink, leave a ...