Journey back through time in Arizona and discover five deserted towns left behind after mining booms, train‑robbing legends ...

Locally believed to have once imprisoned Apache war legend, Geronimo, the New Fountain Stagecoach Stop in Hondo was once a crucial stomping ground for frontier travelers moving between San Antonio and ...

From Wrangell, Alaska, to Oatman, Arizona, you'll be surprised to see what these places looked like a century ago.

Picture a dusty town where outlaws once roamed free and gunfights echoed through the streets. Ingalls, Oklahoma, was one of those wild places that made the Old West legendary. Today, it sits quietly ...

A curious silence filled the air on my first trip to Bandera — mainly because my phone struggled to connect to Wi-Fi as I drove through the old-Western town. But maybe that was part of the city's ...

There are no states with more old western towns than Arizona. The Grand Canyon State is notorious for its plethora of Old West locale, and, depending on who you ask, is how the state came to be. Some ...

Denizens of the dark will breach the barrier between the living and the dead on Halloween in the Old West town of Harker Creek. The creatures will rule the town for two nights, pouncing on ...

I remember driving through Kansas on a cross-country trip, the horizon stretching endlessly in every direction, golden fields shimmering under the sun. I couldn’t help but wonder what stories hid ...

SPECTRAL STORIES: John Badger talks to a Haunts of Hendo tour group outside the Historic Courthouse in Hendersonville. "The historicity of it is very important to me — making it entertaining and ...

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

Garnet is one of Montana’s best-preserved ghost towns, where original buildings and guided tours bring 19th-century mining history to life for travelers. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight ...