Route 66 celebrates 100 years this year and it played a significant role in shaping Oatman, a ghost town turned tourist town.

If you want to witness several historic, abandoned towns in a single vacation, this remote and picturesque slice of Canada ...

A century of history lies in the asphalt of Route 66. People are gathering their belongings and filling up their tanks to see the open road once more.

Things are escalating into a standoff at Montana's state-owned ghost towns, where rising rents and theme park ambitions, along with a case of embezzlement, are frustrating the owners of some of the ...

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Nestled in the rugged embrace of the Virginia Range, a mere stone’s throw from Reno, sits a place where time seems to have hit the pause button around 1880. Virginia City, Nevada isn’t just another ...

In 2025, idyllic small towns across America were interrupted by acts of violence from Mississippi to Montana, Arkansas to Washington state. The murders struck during homecoming weekends, inside ...

From Cairo to Libreville and Dakar, new towns are proliferating, driven by massive investments and futuristic promises. While they inspire dreams for many residents, they remain difficult to bring to ...

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 ...

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 out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...

The News Herald has been investigating several "ghost towns" in Bay County, Florida. A new interactive map showcases 20 lost communities. At least six communities were displaced in 1941 to make way ...