Although it was utterly abandoned by the mid-1890s, the Old West ghost town of Calico, California, is now a state historic landmark that costs $8 to enter. Here, you'll find Maggie Mine, once the ...

The 5th Annual California Days will roll into Calico Ghost Town on Valentine’s Day weekend ...

Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall of the Gold Rush era.

Marie Mason invites couples to explore spirits in Randsburg, one of the last living ghost towns in the American West ...

Travel reporter John Bartell visits abandoned mining camps, desert towns, and forgotten landmarks that once played key roles in the state’s history.

Walter Knott never set out to build a theme park — but a series of smart choices and lucky breaks led him and wife Cordelia Knott to building one of California’s earliest and most popular tourist ...

Why buy a house when you can buy an entire town? A 19th century ghost town in California, that includes an abandoned hotel, church and bunkhouse, came on the market earlier this month. Cerro Gordo, ...

Abandoned, rusted cars and machinery can be found across the ghost town, heightening the eerie atmosphere of a once vibrant ...