What makes a place instantly creepy in your eyes? Is it its history? Is it about aesthetics: how it looks and what it reminds ...

Across the wide stretches of Texas, entire towns sit silent – echoes of once-thriving communities that have long since faded.

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 ...

Louisiana has approximately 17 ghost towns, and many have remains that are still standing. Here's what to know and where to ...

Oregon’s wild terrain holds echoes of a forgotten past. Scattered across the state are ghost towns that once thrived with ...

About three hours from Los Angeles, just outside the border of the scenic and giant rock-filled paradise of Joshua Tree National Park, sits an eerie, abandoned ghost town unlike any other in the state ...

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Many people know that Ripon started out as two communities. The first was Ceresco, founded in 1844 around the Ceresco Park ...