More than 1% of Americans headed west in one of the largest voluntary mass migrations in human history. It helped define who we are as a nation.

Just a short drive from downtown, you’ll find Bannack State Park, Montana’s first territorial capital and one of the best-preserved ghost towns in the country. Unlike other ghost towns that feel like ...

Dillon generously offers Montana’s natural grandeur without demanding extreme physical exertion or specialized equipment to appreciate it. Beaverhead Rock, the distinctive natural landmark that aided ...

Discover abandoned railroads in Pennsylvania, from forgotten tunnels to historic bridges, offering scenic trails and powerful ...

Wander along Pennsylvania’s abandoned railroads and discover eerie, photogenic tracks that locals and explorers swear are ...

The Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help after six newborn puppies were found abandoned near ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

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A district attorney based in Salt Lake City is declining to file charges against the founder of an anti-child-trafficking ...

A West Texas oil well blowout shot a 100-foot-high plume of poisoned water into the air last fall, prompting reforms at the ...

I’ve often thought the seven-year battle played out between the city of San Jose and a group of community advocates over an abandoned railroad trestle would make for a great public-policy case study ...

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Investors in both ...