In 1962, the town council of Centralia, Pennsylvania decided to burn trash in a landfill built inside an abandoned strip mine. The fire never went out. Sixty-three years later, it's still burning. The ...

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast.

Have you ever heard of a town where the ground beneath your feet is literally on fire? Centralia, Pennsylvania, used to be a bustling mining community, but today it stands nearly empty because of an ...

In 1983, the US government spent $43 million to relocate residents, but some refused to leave. The town's story inspired the 2006 horror film "Silent Hill." Over 60 years ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania, ...

LAKE VALLEY, N.M. — The howling wind across a remote landscape, a creaky metal gate or a run-in with a rattlesnake or gun-toting local are the things that attract ghost towners. They are history buffs ...