Beneath parts of the Appalachian Mountains, thousands of mine shafts still descend deep into the earth. Some of these vertical passages drop more than 1,000 feet, connecting long corridors carved ...

The former RAF base could fly passenger flights once again.

Ten years later in 1979, the fire reached a point of no return. The mayor, John Coddington, who also ran a gas station, discovered during a routine check that the gasoline in his underground tanks was ...

This abandoned settlement hides an underground inferno that has raged for decades and is predicted to continue burning for centuries to come. Previously a thriving mining community, Centralia was ...

But if you want to experience one of the most haunting historical sites in America, then this abandoned prison at 2027 Fairmount Avenue is calling your name. Those vaulted ceilings and peeling walls ...

After years of advocacy and multiple hearings, legislation recognizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA ...

Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster, was incarcerated at Eastern State, and his cell has been recreated to show how ...

Can Ben Lamm save the planet? He thinks so.Short, stocky and unassuming with a puckish sense of humor, the shaggy-haired Dallas-based entrepreneur seemsBy bringing back the woolly mammoth (48,000 of ...

TREMONT, Pa. (WHTM) — Just over $15 Million has been awarded to restore abandoned mine land in Pennsylvania, and just over half of that is going to Schuylkill County. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households in the state. Companies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and ...

A Pennsylvania animal shelter is seeking information about the "monster" who inflicted "insane cruelty" and "unbelievable ...