Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Things are escalating into a standoff at Montana’s state-owned ghost towns, where rising rents ...

Virginia has more ghost towns than many realize, including former rail, canal, and coastal communities that are now abandoned but still accessible.

America is packed with places that don’t stay silent. From iconic hotels with decades of ghost stories to banned towns cloaked in fear and mystery, the hunt for the most haunted spot in the country ...