The Charles Street Jail, completed in 1851, housed some of Boston’s most notorious criminals for nearly 150 years. But in 1973, prisoners revolted over poor living conditions, and the jail was ...

The City of Henderson did not ask to become a test case for the future of American federalism. Yet that is precisely what it has become, as residents press their city council to end ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

Running a ski resort is a tough business; some destinations that were once thriving have now closed. Here are five abandoned ...

TripAdvisor recently released its 2026 Travelers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best Destinations list - and one Nevada city almost took the top spot. Nevada's only town on the nationwide list was beat ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman died while she and friends explored an abandoned building in Georgia that was used as part of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Police from DeKalb County and Emory University ...

Find out why you should never visit these abandoned places. Suspected Brown University gunman found dead White men feel something 'much deeper' has changed that's 'fundamentally illiberal': Writer ...

A Nevada County man was rescued by a team of firefighters early Saturday after falling down an abandoned mine shaft while searching for a lost dog late Friday, said Nevada County Consolidated Fire ...

The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error. “This isn’t a good look,” one earthquake expert said. By Erin ...

Old amusement parks, abandoned swimming pools, houses, factories... These mysterious places generate a special attraction. It is as if ghosts were inhabiting the ruins. Images of abandoned places ...

For the first time, every plant species in the state of Nevada can be found in a single list. Published last month, “Nevada Vascular Plants: An Annotated Checklist of the State’s Botanical Diversity” ...

Silent roads stretch across the desert, leading to places where walls crumble and silence lingers heavier than the dust. In these forgotten corners, remnants of once-thriving mining towns cling to the ...