It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

Explore the historic Maryland landmarks that shaped America's history; the rich heritage and significant contributions of ...

Welcome to the first installment of an occasional, multi-part series discussing a cadre of extraordinary individuals responsible for transforming Park City from a decrepit mining community into an ...

A settlement on the Virginia coast has turned into a ghost town. Now, you can visit the church and graveyard, while also ...

For a vacation to Italy, Ramy Awad wanted an adventure. So he picked Fossa, a town deep in the middle of the country that was abandoned after a 2009 earthquake. But things quickly went sideways ...

A bizarre city ... town would attract Chinese residents with a taste of French culture and architecture, but reports suggest that it remains underpopulated, with others describing it as a ghost ...

Once home to around 50,000 people, complete with an amusement park, apartment blocks, schools and other public places, the Ukranian city of Pripyat ... authorities ordered the town’s complete ...

The view from my room is a striking bird’s-eye view of a confusingly unfamiliar city. It turns out the ... Walking around a ‘ghost town’ so close to Central Rome feels surreal.

Although mining operations would continue for another 35 years, the tragedy left its mark on the town. “The sad catastrophe has cast a gloom over the entire district, and the little city of ...

Because of high levels of hazardous asbestos dust in the soil and air, in 2007 the government officially closed the town. They’ve even removed it from official maps to make it hard for foolhardy ...

"It hurts really anyone who lives here in Chicago who receives services from the city," Aguilar continued. As a sanctuary city for migrants, Chicago is facing Trump head-on after the president ...