From Pripyat and Plymouth to Kolmanskop, Craco, and Bodie, these ruins show how disaster and decline can freeze everyday life in place.

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 ...

Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall ...

In Colorado, scenic drives often come with jaw dropping views, but few feel as raw and immersive as this one. Around each ...

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Oxford American report on Picher, Oklahoma's annual Christmas parade, reviving community spirit in a ghost town impacted by toxic mining.

A Soviet -era settlement that was once a popular destination for wealthy tourists is now a ghost town. Akarmara, a mining town in the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia's Tkvarcheli district was ...