The National Parks Service began restoring the ghost town in 2009, and now it's open to the public. I visited the town, called Elkmont, and toured the insides of cabins built more than 100 years ago.
High above the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina sits the remains of Ghost Town in the Sky, an abandoned theme park frozen in time. Opened in 1961, this Wild West-themed attraction once drew hundreds ...
Who among us isn't fascinated by an abandoned place? What happened? Who lived here? Why did they leave? Was it a tragedy? Or just the end of an era? It's enough to make imaginations run wild. Consider ...