Pyramiden is a ghost town on an island in the Arctic Glacial Sea. It was a mining settlement originally belonging to Sweden until 1927, when it was sold to the Soviet Union. In 1998, it ceased ...

Bodie, California Nestled in the heart of California, Bodie once thrived as a bustling gold-mining town during the late 1800s ...

Discover the hidden natural wonders of Nevada beyond Las Vegas. Explore the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains and vast deserts ...

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department has the power to make this vision a reality. By finalizing the proposed Amargosa ...

Learn more. A coalition of lawmakers in Hancock County is working on a slate of bills that could allow Maine towns to band together and take ownership of abandoned dams, as well as clarify what ...

Mining towns of the 1800s generally sprang up quickly and with little planning. Boise’s founders, however, platted and planned the town prior to any serious construction allowing for a more organized ...

One such place is the abandoned medieval town-fortress of Cherven in Bulgaria. Located about 30 kilometres south of Ruse within the national park of Rusenski Los, it is easy to access by car and ...

Shutterstock The Most Violent Mining Towns in the Old West The Silver State’s ghost towns weren’t all peaceful mining camps ...

All across Nevada, you’ll find empty towns from the mining days. These ghost towns tell stories of quick riches and sudden losses in the American West’s golden age. Their glory days may be over, but ...

In November 2022, he noticed an alert for a Rover project in southern Nevada ... The proposed mine, the company replied, would be in Pahrump, Nev., a town where Donnelly did his grocery shopping.

However, being on a major tourist highway, to the major town of Oamaru, there is hope for its revival as a reception venue or holiday letting. The village was built to house dam workers in the ...