There are abandoned communities all over America that have spine-chilling histories. From long-forgotten Wild West mining towns and former resorts to road trip pit stops and railroad hubs ...

abandoned city. America's western states are full of these towns; many were founded during the mining boom in the late 1800s to serve as home bases for miners. Today, these historically ...

Join us as we explore 17 of the world's most hauntingly beautiful abandoned places. Namib Desert, Namibia Once a bustling diamond-mining town in the early 1900s, Kolmanskop now lies mostly ...

Detroit has knocked down more than 20,000 homes since 2014. The process continues. Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images ...

It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation ... A study that two of us published in 2017 answered this question in the affirmative: Tearing down an abandoned building in Detroit does ...