Amid rusting oil pumps and rigs, once affluent Venezuelan oil towns place their hope in US investment.

Part 1 of this series explores several of Wyoming’s ghost towns, including Wendover, Jeffrey City, Piedmont, and Sage. Each town tells a story of growth, decline, and abandonment tied to industries ...

The revitalization of Glenrio is a love story. Gabi Tuschak, an Austin-based hypnotherapist, matched on a dating app with Erik Spain, a commercial farmer in Olton, about 83 miles south of Amarillo. It ...

From Cairo to Libreville and Dakar, new towns are proliferating, driven by massive investments and futuristic promises. While they inspire dreams for many residents, they remain difficult to bring to ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company towns still exist in a half-abandoned state. They are no longer active, but ...

The News Herald has been investigating several "ghost towns" in Bay County, Florida. A new interactive map showcases 20 lost communities. At least six communities were displaced in 1941 to make way ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The once busy and bustling downtown area of Clearwater was a ghost town for years. Now, through years of work, Cleveland Street in Clearwater is once again completely filled ...

Dozens of small towns and settlements in Palm Beach County have disappeared over time. Many of these lost towns were destroyed by hurricanes, floods, or changing economic conditions. Some towns were ...

When the Fairfax Bridge closed in April, cutting off rural gateway towns from Mount Rainier National Park, along with the tourism dollars they relied on, the 500-resident town Wilkeson could have ...