When people think of California, they don’t typically think of ghost towns. After all, it is known for big cities like Los ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel reporter John Bartell visits abandoned mining camps, desert towns, and forgotten landmarks that once played key roles in ...

Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 5th Annual California Days will roll into Calico Ghost Town in Yermo on Valentine’s Day weekend. The event, on Feb. 14 and 15, ...

BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (Amazing America TV) — Legend has it that if you take anything from Bodie, even a pebble, a curse will follow you home. Welcome to Bodie, California’s best-preserved ghost town. It ...

Route 66 is one of the most famous highways in the world. Opened on November 11, 1926, it connected Chicago and Los Angeles. Yellow Dog Village, a ghost town that looks as if people have suddenly run ...

A modern-day gold rush boom was on full display at Calico California Days, a kitschy celebration of early settlements held at Calico Ghost Town, the legendary San Bernardino County mining hub that ...

Walter Knott never set out to build a theme park — but a series of smart choices and lucky breaks led him and wife Cordelia Knott to building one of California’s earliest and most popular tourist ...