This quirky Arizona town that's just a few hours from Phoenix has the best downtown, according to World Atlas. See why it was ...

Long before skyscrapers dominated America's skyline, the country was rife with rough and remote mining towns that were built ...

Washington enjoyed a brief moment in the sunshine during the Gold Rush, but this abandoned mining town is a testament to how ...

From Wrangell, Alaska, to Oatman, Arizona, you'll be surprised to see what these places looked like a century ago.

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

Why are many drawn to old mining towns? Likely for a mix of reasons, including historic and cultural ones. And because these places make visitors feel as though they’ve entered a time capsule. Mining ...

From postcard views to cozy main streets, these Colorado mountain towns are must-see destinations travelers rave about.

Most of the time, when people refer to a place as "being underground", they're speaking figuratively. That isn't the case in ...

Real del Monte is their own. The Mexican town, just a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Mexico City, is perched more than ...

Climate change is not just changing our atmosphere, it is changing the fabric of many rural towns nationwide. As the United States has moved to renewable sources of energy, it has strained the coal ...

Discover some of Colorado’s local gold mining towns. I dive in deep to explore the reason why people flock to these mining areas for a wide variety of reasons. Local counties include Boulder, Gilpin, ...