Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California's rich history includes a fascinating chapter of the Old West and mining towns that played a significant role in ...

Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall ...

Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...