In the California desert, ghost towns pop up sporadically along miles of empty highway. Just west of the Nevada border, the ruins of Route 66's revelrous heyday can be seen in abandoned spots around ...

Today, there isn’t much left of the town, but there are still a few old buildings, like a diner, a café, a motel, and a gas ...

Exploring ghost towns can be an exhilarating way to connect with history, and Northern California offers a wealth of such opportunities. From mining towns that thrived during the Gold Rush to ...

Bodie is the quintessential ghost town, frozen in time high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once a booming gold mining town ...

Image Credit: Cavan-Images / Shutterstock. America’s ghost towns are eerie time capsules scattered across the country, each holding a story of ambition, struggle, and sometimes sudden abandonment.