Northeast of Sacramento, this town was praised for its proximity to the Tahoe National Forest and its historic downtown by ...

For Britons, the mention of resorts usually conjures images of lazing by the sea. In America, things are rather different ...

Bodie, California Nestled in the heart of California, Bodie once thrived as a bustling gold-mining town during the late 1800s ...

In the vast expanse of Nevada’s high desert, there’s a little slice of Americana that’s been serving up some of the best ...

While many ghost towns are scattered across the American Southwest, Vulture City stands out as one of Arizona’s most intriguing abandoned mining towns. You can find this historic site 71 miles ...

But for these lower North Island towns, it seems an electronic sign could ... “We’ve had a quiet couple of weeks with the Desert Rd closed. “Maybe they’re stopping in Ohakune for a change.” ...

But for these lower North Island towns, it seems an electronic sign could be to blame ... "We've had a quiet couple of weeks with the Desert Road closed. "Maybe they're stopping in Ohakune for a ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) HRUBY: Other experiments are conducted underground at the former Nevada test site ... handful of other reporters driving across this beautiful, empty desert landscape ...

Just days later, authorities ordered the town’s complete evacuation, forcing residents to abandon their homes and belongings overnight. They were told it would be a temporary measure.

A group of journalists were allowed to tour a weapons laboratory deep underground in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. NPR's science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel was among them. Inside a top-secret US nuclear ...