A journey through ghost infrastructure, from forgotten rail lines to deserted mining towns and unrealised industrial dreams.

There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and these long-forgotten facilities can pose a variety of risks to people unaware ...

The Biden administration announced on Dec. 20 that $1.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go toward cataloging and reclaiming Alaska’s derelict coal mines over a 15-year period.

Until the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, miners across the American West extracted gold, silver, and other valuable “hardrock” ...

OSDOL HAS OUR STORY FROM MONROEVILLE. THREE MONTHS BEFORE LIZ POLLARD’S DEATH, STATE DEP OFFICIALS LEARNED OF A SINKHOLE. AT THIS MONROEVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LEADING TO ANOTHER ABANDONED MINE.

This once-thriving coal town in Wyoming has turned into an abandoned ghost town, though while it lacks any tourist amenities it still boasts explorable ruins.

Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid-1700s, years before the Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvanians have mined 250,000 ...

A coal seam is visible at an abandoned mine site in Clearfield County, Pa. A bill aimed at averting another government shutdown this month would divert $500 million for states and tribal governments ...

When an abandoned mineshaft beneath Interstate 80 in Morris County collapsed the morning after Christmas, closing the eastbound side of the highway for four days, everyone took notice. No vehicles ...

All around the tree-lined lake, vast vertical slabs of rock are mirrored on its still waters. For first-time visitors Vivian Quarry appears as a fairytale lagoon, an industrial relic transformed into ...