The rough-and-tumble days of the Old West may be gone in the Arizona of today, but the ghost towns it's left behind are sometimes just as fascinating. Arizona is full of places that once thrived and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The abandoned 1912 high school building in Toya, Texas, now sits empty in the West Texas ghost town. Toya, once a booming railroad ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stuart Thurlkill/The Resort at Paws Up Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see ...

When people think of California, they don’t typically think of ghost towns. After all, it is known for big cities like Los ...

Some ghost towns are protected by parks departments. But Bodie, California, protects itself—with a curse. For years, visitors to this ghost town have learned that bad luck will befall anyone who makes ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fascinated by old, abandoned places. A state with a human history as long and storied as that of the Land of Lincoln is bound to have quite a few abandoned ...

Some places are just spooky. Salem, Massachusetts, leans into its history as the home of 17th century witch trials, highlighting its Puritan-era churches and graveyards. There are occult- and ...

Walter Knott never set out to build a theme park — but a series of smart choices and lucky breaks led him and wife Cordelia Knott to building one of California’s earliest and most popular tourist ...

The best Washington ghost towns are those that are abandoned or nearly so, with just traces of human history left behind — a weathered church, a crumbling storefront, or just the outlines of old ...

Discover fascinating abandoned places across Florida, from crumbling forts to mysterious ruins hidden in forests and along ...