For decades, ghost towns across the United States have captured the imagination of adventurers, storytellers, and thrill-seekers. These abandoned places are often remnants of gold rushes, mining booms ...

For a long time, ghost towns were the forgotten corners of the map. Abandoned mines, empty main streets, and crumbling storefronts sat quietly while travelers sped past on highways to somewhere else.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle ...

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 ...

SAUGATUCK, MI -- The folklore goes that there’s an entire town buried beneath the sand dunes of Saugatuck, dubbed “Michigan’s Pompeii." Do you need to see it to believe it? This new cruise through ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lake Buchanan fills 22,000 acres of land in both Burnet and Llano counties. But deep underwater, there’s something that may surprise you: a true ghost town. Bluffton was built on a ...