Explore North Carolina’s reservoir where entire towns were submerged, blending natural beauty with haunting history beneath ...

A rural Nevada sculpture park has been named among the best in the country by USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

In San Bernardino County, gold and silver mining companies are pushing to expand.

Once a thriving silver boomtown, Belmont, Nevada was full of ambition, money, and frontier spirit. Today, it stands quiet — a true Wild West ghost town. What caused its dramatic rise and sudden ...

These 10 day trips offer stunning landscapes and fascinating history for less than $55 per person! Just a short drive from Las Vegas lies Nelson, a ghost town that feels suspended in time. This isn’t ...

In a West filled with ghost towns, both commercialized and remote, Oatman might just be the most unghostly of them all. The dusty parking lot fills up quickly on busy weekends. Cars can drive straight ...

Nevada reminds me of New York in many ways. For starters, it’s home to Las Vegas, the “other” city that never sleeps—literally. Moreover, during the holidays, the state lights up with tons of festive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home design network HGTV has named a small Nevada "ghost town" as one of the best places to visit in the U.S. during the holiday ...

Dozens of small towns and settlements in Palm Beach County have disappeared over time. Many of these lost towns were destroyed by hurricanes, floods, or changing economic conditions. Some towns were ...

Genoa, the Silver State’s first town — older than Nevada itself — is a cozy relic steeped in history that may as well double as a Hallmark movie set this time of year. Got the Winter Olympics bug?