There’s something about fall that makes exploring ghost towns feel extra magical. The crunch of leaves, the chill in the air, and the golden light give these long-forgotten places an almost cinematic ...

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 ...

Exploring a ghost town’s riverbed with a metal detector is like stepping into a time machine. Each signal revealed forgotten treasures coins, relics, and artifacts lost to time. It was a true ...

Editor’s note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Lubbock’s forgotten ...

Once home to thousands of settlers, this mining town west of Boulder is now an abandoned ghost town offering views of ruins ...

Fall is a popular time to visit these sites, offering a chance to also see the season's changing aspen leaves. Many former mining towns like St. Elmo, Animas Forks and Ashcroft have preserved ...

Quite a few years ago, when I visited my brother in New Mexico, we explored a few old ghost towns near his home. It was fun. Most of them were remnants of the past gold and silver mining days. But you ...