Category: Towns

The Dark History of Harper, Liberia – A Colonization Experiment Gone Wrong

Decrepit yellow gas station with two pumps outside and a sign in the window reading "Closed for Season"

Okaton, South Dakota: A Failed Railway Town and Tourist Trap

Black and white image looking down a dirt road with abandoned and destroyed brick buildings on either side.

The Town Abandoned By All But the Freemasons – Nevadaville, Colorado

Supai, Arizona: Life Inside America’s Most Remote Settlement

Remnants of the Hercules statue in the dirt at the Philippi excavation site

Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Hercules Statue in Northern Greece

An abandoned building and the Vulture Mine in Vulture City

Vulture City, Arizona Still Gives Us a Unique Glimpse Into the Wild West

Kennecott Mine abandoned building

Kennecott, Alaska: Former Copper Mine That’s Now a Ghost Town

Aerial view of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Fukushima Town Lifts Evacuation Order 11 Years After Nuclear Disaster