Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...

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 ...

While many abandoned buildings are spooky places to visit ... Now, Fordlândia sits abandoned, like a little slice of America dropped onto the green plains and forests of northern Brazil.

Few cities have experienced a sharper economic ... A study that two of us published in 2017 answered this question in the affirmative: Tearing down an abandoned building in Detroit does increase the ...

Often nicknamed ghost towns, these once populated places become ... It had saloons, hotels, a Chinatown and even boasted the US’s first long-distance electricity transmission lines.

A proposal brought on by Northern California lawmaker is seeking to improve the process of cleaning up abandoned shopping ...

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 ...