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Colorado's once-thriving gold mining hub is now an abandoned ghost town

The lore of this Colorado mining town named after a gold prospector is worthy of a Hollywood Western, and its remnants are ...
Greater Greater Washington

In the years after the Civil War, Washington became a junction between northern and southern railroads

Washingtonians in 1860 could take trains directly to Baltimore and from there to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, or the trans-Appalachian West. A journey from Alexandria to Richmond, however, required a ...

17 Ghost Towns That Were Once Bustling US Cities

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

CT starts nearly $3.7 million job of extending central rail trail. Here’s what is planned.

A private contractor this month is starting the $3.67 million job of creating a bike and pedestrian path between Town Line Road and Norton Park in Plainville as part of a bigger, more complex task to ...