Germany’s Brandenburg is known as a dynamic federal state with a thriving mining industry. But in the small town of Forst ...

In the economically depressed German town of Gelsenkirchen, a retired coal miner thinks the country's economic situation ...

Shutterstock The Underground Inferno That Won’t Stop Burning Pennsylvania’s got an underground fire that’s been burning since ...

Extreme cold warnings were issued for an 11-state swath of the U.S. stretching from the Canadian border to Oklahoma and ...

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge ...

This week we take our kayaks to an old Coal Mining towns riverbed and search for lost history! We bring ‪@WILDKYLE‬ along for ...

From empty mining towns and deserted military bases to ruined medieval hamlets and depopulated villages, we've rounded up the most haunting ghost towns in England, Scotland and Wales. Read on to ...

With its rich and long history, spanning everything from ancient settlements to the world wars, Great Britain is dotted with abandoned communities that are windows into the past. From empty mining ...

A coalition of lawmakers in Hancock County are working on a slate of bills that could allow Maine towns to band together and take ownership of abandoned dams, as well as clarify what that process ...

Just days later, authorities ordered the town’s complete evacuation, forcing residents to abandon their homes and belongings overnight. They were told it would be a temporary measure.

It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become ... Beginning in 1872, certain sections of the system were abandoned. The last canal boat reached ...