Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the stories of a forgotten past.

Eckley Miners’ Village in Pennsylvania feels like stepping into a piece of living history. It’s a small place tucked deep in ...

Drainage from abandoned coal mines can carry massive loads of carbon dioxide, venting to the air decades or even centuries ...

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

For decades, ghost towns across the United States have captured the imagination of adventurers, storytellers, and ...

This once-thriving mining town was mostly abandoned after a coal seam fire ignited beneath it in 1962 and continues to burn ...

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has ...

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.

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

Each year, a spectral train is said to pull up to the Cinnabar Depot at the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. But ...

Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, leaks from South Africa’s coal mines, fueling climate change while the country still ...