High in the remote hills of eastern California, a town sits perfectly still, caught in a moment that never moved forward. Bodie was once a roaring gold rush city filled with miners, merchants, and ...

If you venture out to this remote spot in the Mojave Desert, you'll find what was once a mining town with an abundance of ...

Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...

Today, Leadfield is nothing more than a scant collection of collapsing buildings and open mines. But once, the Death Valley town held great promise for copper and lead mining. Prospectors flocked to ...

Despite the passage of time, many California towns have maintained their "storybook" feel. From Carmel-by-the-Sea, with its stone cottages, to Solvang, with its distinct Danish experience, the charm ...

The tiny and isolated town of Death Valley Junction from above - Mystockimages/Getty Images Also known as Amargosa, or DVJ for short, it's but a pinpoint on the map of the big, wide, dust-billowing ...