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

Would Figulus or Tustenegee ever have become as posh as the area’s later name of Palm Beach? Dozens of tiny towns, settlements really, that once dotted Palm Beach County have disappeared through the ...

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 ...

Florida has always been a very popular state. While today, it’s most known for sandy, white beaches and kid-friendly amusement parks, it used to be home to many men and women who worked in sawmills, ...

There are two now-abandoned communities in the Pine Log area that speak to Bay County's timber roots. Here's the history.

In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...