Not all ghost towns are from the Old West, and the reasons vary why a popular tourist destination might become abandoned.

The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...

The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of ...

Researchers have found evidence of living microbes thriving in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth - the Atacama Desert of Chile.

Angel Fire Resort may be a popular place to go skiing and snowboarding come wintertime but it's also a great place to visit year-round. Not only are there hiking trails galore but a bike park, a ...

The Wah Wah Mountains, located in Beaver County between I-15 and the Utah-Nevada border. "Wah Wah" — the name sounds like the ...

Wyoming photographer Ken Driese has come across a lot of abandoned places in his treks across the Red Desert. But one place left him spooked. He ...

The only natural hot spring oasis in the Coachella Valley beckons swimmers and spagoers with 10 mineral spring pools and more ...

One mountain range in Arizona is shrouded in superstition and has also played host to many disappearing hikers each year.

Most of the more than 500 Texas ghost towns were abandoned because of economic decline, but these were emptied because of natural disasters.

The Salton Sea is one of the most environmentally significant places in California. The area attracts visitors wanting to ...

Lobo is one of the state’s most recently deceased towns, abandoned and first put up for sale in 1988. Located in the Chihuahuan Desert near the Davis Mountains, Lobo was founded in 1882 as a ...