Among thousands of boom-and-bust sites are dotted around the world, these are our picks of the world's top 10 ghost towns.

These hauntingly beautiful ghost towns, left untouched by time, are the state's most fascinating and eerie destinations.

Wander South Dakota’s ghost towns where faded dreams, quiet streets, and golden prairie light tell forgotten stories.

As Halloween approaches, people may be looking for some spooky exploring to do in the Silver State. Luckily for Nevadans, their home state has hundreds of ghost towns perfect for a scare or historical ...

For decades, ghost towns across the United States have captured the imagination of adventurers, storytellers, and ...

Few are as acquainted with Canada's graveyard of defunct oil pipelines as Alex Pourbaix, a former executive at the company behind the Keystone XL and Energy East proposals.

Fall is a popular time to visit these sites, offering a chance to also see the season's changing aspen leaves. Many former mining towns like St. Elmo, Animas Forks and Ashcroft have preserved ...

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 ...

Would Figulus or Tustenegee ever have become as posh as the area’s later name of Palm Beach? Dozens of tiny towns, settlements really, that once dotted Palm Beach County have disappeared through the ...

The Ghost of Yōtei map is the kind of digital space that photo modes are made for. Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai game sets players loose in a stunning and stylized recreation of Ezo, dotted with ...