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 ...

If you’re headed out of Las Vegas, Rhyolite is a must‑see ghost town. Founded in 1905 after Shorty Harris struck gold, it boomed to 5,000 people, with 50 saloons and an opera house. Mines folded by ...

Spooky season is in full swing, making it the perfect time for travelers with a penchant for ghouls, frights and everything pumpkin spice to immerse themselves in one of America's real-life Halloween ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...

Do you believe that all abandoned towns are truly deserted? Arizona is home to many "ghost towns," and a few of them might actually have ghosts. Given the state's rich — and sometimes violent past — ...

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In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...