There’s something about fall that makes exploring ghost towns feel extra magical. The crunch of leaves, the chill in the air, and the golden light give these long-forgotten places an almost cinematic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The abandoned 1912 high school building in Toya, Texas, now sits empty in the West Texas ghost town. Toya, once a booming railroad ...

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 is something strangely fascinating about places that were once vibrant but now stand empty. Abandoned towns, factories, and villages often look frozen in time, with machinery or streets ...

Sam Harris, a Wyoming photographer and Army veteran, finds beauty in abandoned places, like the ghost town of Sage. In Harris’ own words, the town ...

Editor’s note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about Lubbock’s forgotten ...

Tucked away in northern Washington along the Canadian border is Okanogan County, a wild, rugged area filled with ghost towns that are chilling reminders of the Evergreen State's mining past. Okanogan ...

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 ...

Quite a few years ago, when I visited my brother in New Mexico, we explored a few old ghost towns near his home. It was fun. Most of them were remnants of the past gold and silver mining days. But you ...

Fall is a popular time to visit these sites, offering a chance to also see the season's changing aspen leaves. Many former mining towns like St. Elmo, Animas Forks and Ashcroft have preserved ...