Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel reporter John Bartell visits abandoned mining camps, desert towns, and forgotten landmarks that once played key roles in ...

Today, Leadfield is nothing more than a scant collection of collapsing buildings and open mines. But once, the Death Valley town held great promise for copper and lead mining. Prospectors flocked to ...

Have you ever considered that in our culture, sand often symbolizes time? This is not only because sand was used to fill ...

Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost town last weekend. The line just to pay entrance fees at the San Bernardino County-managed attraction was at least a dozen cars deep ...