Clive, Des Moines, Grimes, Urbandale, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights plan to petition the federal government to turn what may soon be a more than 12-mile stretch of abandoned railroad into a new ...

Stunning Oregon ghost towns with empty streets, weathered buildings, and quiet scenery that turns every photo into a story, ...

Sam Harris, a Wyoming photographer and Army veteran, finds beauty in abandoned places, like the ghost town of Sage. In Harris’ own words, the town ...

Historic train stations across the United States are being renovated and repurposed as major transportation and civic hubs. Many of these stations once faced decline as passenger rail usage fell in ...

It’s taken years of work, miles of construction and a lot of grant funding, but the Ghost Town Trail’s 32-mile loop, the second-largest rail-trail loop in the nation, is now complete. This project has ...

When people think of California, they don’t typically think of ghost towns. After all, it is known for big cities like Los ...

This historic ghost town in Nevada is a desert time capsule, filled with abandoned buildings, eerie charm, and memories that ...

Brothers George and Michael Minkel immigrated from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to the Wheatland-Morton township area in 1861, about the same time as several other settlers from Canada. William ...

Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...

Grants once slated for trail networks and pedestrian improvements are being canceled or delayed, leaving state and local ...

Opened in the '60s, this once-thriving and iconic Topeka, Kansas, mall was abandoned, and then met a fiery end and the ...

This small town still flies blissfully under the radar.