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Utah is home to many cities dating back a hundred years -- but not every city has survived until the modern day. The remnants of those former cities -- ghost towns -- provide a glimpse into the ...
The ghost town of Silver Reef is one of the hottest and driest locations in Utah. When a prospector discovered silver in the local sandstone, 21 claims and several miners established the community ...
More than 50 fireworks shows are set to dazzle skies across the Chicago area on Thursday, July 3 and Friday, July 4 for the ...
Utah's ghost towns invite you to step off the well-worn tourist trail and dive into a piece of hidden history. These places that once bustled with life now stand as silent witnesses to a bygone era.
At the mouth of Dragon Canyon, ruins of a once bustling mining town still remain. The town — known as Silver City — was home to stores, hotels, restaurants, a post office and a saloon. Cowboy ...
Filmmaker Emily Kaye Allen came back to Utah, 15 years after she moved away, when she met Eileen Muza, the sole resident of a ghost town in Grand County. Allen's documentary, "Cisco Kid," profiles ...
Ghost towns fascinate me. I've wandered through one in Colorado that was once home to a historic Black agricultural community, and I've trekked to the desert in Moab, Utah, to explore an abandoned ...
As extreme drought continues to plague Utah, an old ghost town reemerges. The old town of Rockport is visible for the first time in 60 years.
An abandoned former artist colony in a Utah ghost town has finally found a buyer—but only after its original asking price was cut down by a staggering $375,000.
A man was gored by a bull in a Utah ghost town — and a fight broke out between the bull’s owner and its caretaker, cops said. Photo by Clark Young via Unsplash ...
Fossilized plant remains discovered near a Utah ghost town have stumped scientists, who are unable to link them to any modern or extinct plants. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...