This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 7 of the Creepiest Ghost Towns in the United States.

From abandoned mining villages to entire islands that have been left to rot, here are some of the creepiest ghost towns around the world.

Today, however, fortunes have changed for Garnet. Because the remaining buildings were abandoned rather than disassembled ...

Every Halloween, these forgotten Texas ghost towns stir back to life with eerie legends, ghostly tales, and a haunting charm ...

Spooky season is the perfect time to explore old and abandoned towns, and one state with a history of gold and silver mining ...

A fire that won't stop. The landscape of a horror film. A legendary demon. Spooky isn't just a seasonal fad at these U.S.

But real ghosts or not, Walter Knott did built a ghost town, and he cobbled it together out of old buildings sourced from ...

But as frightening as all of those places are, there is one particular town in northwestern Connecticut that is so haunted ...

Looking ahead to her retirement in three years, Carrera is exploring potential expansions for the ghost tours, including a ...

With Halloween coming up, it’s the time to get spooky; and Southern Oregon is no stranger to its historic and potentially ...

St. Augustine's scary history and a large number of unsolved killings contributed to the high horror ranking for the Sunshine ...