The assistant professor in charge says her crew is sifting through an area where 5 brothels once stood, in order to learn more about the town’s “red light district” history.

Discover the hidden gems of Arizona's western past by visiting 11 charming and historic old western towns. Explore ghost towns, boom towns and uncover the stories that shaped the old west.

The world premiere of a piece of music dedicated to Australia's mining history will be held in the mid-north town of Burra this weekend. It's part of 180th birthday celebrations for the town that ...

The discovery of precious metals brought countless new residents to Butte, many of whom lived in small mining shacks.

Madrid, New Mexico Between Santa Fe and Albuquerque sits a tiny town with big character. Madrid, New Mexico started as a coal mining town, died out, then came back as an artist paradise. From mine ...

Virginia City, Nevada Virginia City isn’t your average ghost town. This Nevada boomtown turned tourist spot still has wooden sidewalks and saloon doors, but it’s also got real miners’ descendants ...

A couple in Terlingua, Texas, struck gold in an old mining town with the construction of an off-grid tiny home. They shared photos of the project with the r/OffGrid community, and both the build and ...

ACROSS THE COUNTRY An Old Mining Town in Montana Finds New Gold in Film There was a healthy dose of skepticism in Butte, Mont., when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows.

Chisholm and the iron mining industry are featured in an episode of My Town, which looks at rural communities.

It’s a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mishmash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths ...

Photo credit: SKY RHEE If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you crossed a gold mining town with a petting zoo, wonder no more. Welcome to Oatman, where the streets are dirt, the buildings are ...

Photo credit: Family Thorup Don’t miss the Gold King Mine Museum and Ghost Town, a delightfully ramshackle collection of old mining equipment and vintage vehicles. It’s like a playground for history ...