Some were left empty after radioactive disasters ... mining and oil trades or the boom of railroads, these once bustling communities were ultimately abandoned. From churches and hotels to prisons ...

"The trend is for larger railroads to spin their track off that doesn't fit their objectives," Nordstrom said. "If the short lines don't operate it, the track would be abandoned." As Watco grows ...

One hundred years ago, this empty field was a bustling center ... It’s now operated by the Indiana Rail Road. The station sat abandoned for years before being converted into a house and moved ...

The house was built over an abandoned railroad line, a fact only Opa knows. As a boy 75 years earlier, he had unintentionally derailed the Highball Express train here, killing everyone on board.

The abandoned railroad tunnel once served the old Grand Rapids Press building, which was demolished in 2015. Mark Miller, managing director of planning and design at DGRI, said the project would ...