Texas has dozens of ghost towns where buildings still stand, even though the people have been gone for generations. You can still find old schools, stores, rail depots, and homes that show how these ...

Forget over-tourism – these destinations are so quiet even the residents have fled. Among thousands of boom-and-bust sites are dotted around the world, these are our picks of the world’s top 10 ghost ...

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company towns still exist in a half-abandoned state. They are no longer active, but ...

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 ...

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 want to witness several historic, abandoned towns in a single vacation, this remote and picturesque slice of Canada ...