The log cabins in the Garnet Ghost Town. “Garnet is one of the best-preserved historic mining towns in Montana. Hard work from the Bureau of Land Management and the Garnet Preservation Association ...

Once home to thousands of settlers, this mining town west of Boulder is now an abandoned ghost town offering views of ruins ...

Leave the pavement behind and head deep into Nevada’s backcountry, and it won’t take long to stumble across the remnants of ...

It was once a boomtown filled with prospectors drawn by the promise of copper and lead riches. But now what’s left of ...

The lost towns of Scotia and Tow Hill are being chronicled by an amateur historian who is worried they could be forgotten.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghost towns are the skeletal remains of once-bustling communities, offering a haunting glimpse into America’s past. These ...

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 ...

A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more--a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing ...

As a kid my grandparents took my brother and I fishing every summer and the days we didn’t fish were reserved for going to ghost towns. Even though it was considered bad luck to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stuart Thurlkill/The Resort at Paws Up Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see ...