The Ravenswood, Spencer & Glenville Railway, incorporated in 1886, once linked Ravenswood and Spencer, West Virginia.
Abandoned Posts
Once a booming lead and zinc mining town, Picher, Oklahoma, is now known as one of America’s most toxic ghost towns.
Near Miami, Oklahoma, a nine-foot stretch of pavement survives as the only remaining section of old U.S. Route 66.
Rock Island’s Tucumcari–Amarillo line once linked the Midwest to the Southwest before its decline and dismantling in 1984.
Drive twenty miles east out of Tucumcari on old Route 66 and you’ll land in San Jon, New Mexico, a near-forgotten village.
Two Guns, Arizona, is a ghost town on Route 66 overlooking Canyon Diablo. Once a thriving tourist stop with a zoo, trading post, and “death cave.”
I love exploring old highways for something new and unique—especially places like the Kozy Corner Trailer Court in Antares, Arizona.
Fort Wingate’s history is deeply entwined with U.S. efforts to manage, suppress, and later reconcile relations with the Navajo people.
Tucked into the Grand Canyon, the Bat Cave Mine once held the promise of immense fortune through the extraction of bat guano.
On a rainy, overcast day in Frankfort, Kentucky, I joined Todd Wilson for a tour of historic bridges and tunnels along the Kentucky River valley.
We were in town for work but carved out time one pleasantly cool evening to explore the southern fringes of the Las Vegas Strip on foot.
Bordering the Colorado Air and Space Port lies an abandoned farmstead that drew my attention following a night spent camping at a nearby ranch.
Travelers journeying westward along Colorado’s Eastern Plains once found a captivating stop in Genoa: the World’s Wonder View Tower.
Washington Square Mall in Indianapolis opened in 1974 as a major retail hub but declined over the decades.
Washington Mall in Pennsylvania, once a bustling shopping center, is being redeveloped into a new retail hub featuring Costco.
Nanty Glo, located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, grew from a small lumber camp into one of America’s prominent coal mining communities.