There is a special kind of road trip that takes you far from bright lights and traffic lights. The sun hangs low across open land. The dirt kicks up behind your tires. You see old shacks or remnants ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

A part of Interstate 80 in New Jersey passes near and over abandoned iron mines, remnants of a thriving ore-and-mineral industry that began before the American Revolution. By Dan Barry Just after ...

Michigan has no shortage of ghost towns, and many of them are hidden gems for travelers and history buffs. Here are five ...

There are places that are very spectacular and seem ideal for explorers, but it's good to do some research before visiting ...

When Emmanuel Siyabonga was a boy, he wasn't fussy about the type of job he wanted when he grew up. Other boys dreamed of being footballers, doctors, soldiers. All Siyabonga wanted, he says, was a job ...

Until the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, miners across the American West extracted gold, silver, and other valuable “hardrock” ...

Decades after underground coal mining all but ended in Eastern Pennsylvania, residents of certain areas continue today to face a hidden danger: mine subsidence. Gaping holes sometimes open without ...