This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 7 of the Creepiest Ghost Towns in the United States.

From abandoned mansions to eerie manors still occupied, haunted house stories continue to grip our imagination. But what ...

Picture a dusty town frozen in time, where wooden buildings creak in the desert wind and stories of silver miners echo ...

But real ghosts or not, Walter Knott did built a ghost town, and he cobbled it together out of old buildings sourced from ...

Spooky season is the perfect time to explore old and abandoned towns, and one state with a history of gold and silver mining ...

Explore Arizona’s forgotten ghost towns, where crumbling buildings, silent streets, and desert winds create hauntingly ...

While moving to a remote rural area might not be the traditional American dream, it could be the perfect way to take a first step onto the property ladder—while also helping to breathe new life into ...

Home ownership is a dream that, for some, feels increasingly out of reach, particularly in the midst of a turbulent economy and rising prices in many metropolitan areas. As of July, the national ...