Ghost towns, those eerie remnants of bygone eras, have long captivated the imaginations of historians, adventurers, and the general public alike. These abandoned settlements, once bustling hubs of ...

One of Florida's many ghost towns was founded by its twelfth governor, who was also a magnate in the lumber business. The ...

Florida has as many as 240 ghost towns, but there's one that formed during the Civil War era that's recently been getting renewed attention after laying abandoned for decades. The remnants of ...

This community of about 1,000 was doomed when a garbage fire ignited abandoned coal mines that ran right under the town. Despite every effort to extinguish it, the fire has been burning since 1962.

This abandoned gold rush town is one of the best places to get a real taste of what the Wild West was all about. Gold was discovered here in 1862, and within a year, this town had sprung up with ...

So he picked Fossa, a town deep in the middle of the country that was abandoned after a 2009 earthquake ... They didn’t know if they were real or imagined, but nobody wanted to leave the ...

Is there anything spookier that wandering around a town once bustling with people and activity that is now abandoned and deserted? Often nicknamed ghost towns, these once populated places become ...

WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng traveled to an abandoned “ghost town” to see the challenge China’s real-estate slump poses for the government. Photo: Antoine Morel for The Wall Street Journal ...

Despite being just an hour-and-a-half’s drive from Madrid, this abandoned town really feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the Spanish capital, famed for its incredible architecture ...

While most ghost towns remain vacant ... time or that the paranormal activity that often is a draw was a little too real. Cimcie Nichols and her best friend were looking for a fun place to ...