During a long-ago summer of wandering the Western U.S. in a woefully underpowered 1971 VW bus, we were camped in Yosemite Valley when learning of an exceptional ghost town on the eastern flank of ...

GHOST TOWNS? They may lack in many of our modern amenities, the fancy-dancy stuff that springs up around so many of our contemporary cities, but what they do boast is the Milky Way. True, the shimmery ...

Every fall for the past eight years, my dad, brother and I have taken road trips up and down the Owens Valley along California’s Highway 395, discovering all of the history the region has to offer.

An historic California gold-mining town located at an elevation of 8,375 feet south of Bridgeport is—like most of the Eastern Sierra—blanketed in deep snow. Bodie State Historic Park, founded in 1876 ...

BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (Amazing America TV) — Legend has it that if you take anything from Bodie, even a pebble, a curse will follow you home. Welcome to Bodie, California’s best-preserved ghost town. It ...

Check out this video of a woman exploring a forgotten gold rush town frozen in time. Grace Waronker, a graveyard explorer from Los Angeles, CA, USA, recently visited the preserved 1870s site, ...

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors a peek into what life was like in each community during its heyday. Some ...

WESTERN DRAMAS ARE WELL-LOVED, like they have been just about since televisions were first installed in our living rooms. The vast vistas, the colossal cobalt skies that stretch into tomorrow, and the ...