“We can pretty confidently say we can count basically every dead tree,” said Xi Yang, a University of Virginia professor and one of a team of researchers whose recent work has helped shed new light on ...

Art lovers visiting Charlottesville need to check out this once-abandoned mill that is now an art park complete with events, ...

The Salvation Army Thrift Store & Donation Center in Manassas, Virginia delivers that same thrill, minus the dust and with ...

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From their home on Charleston’s, West Virginia's West Side, Tina and Matt Glaspey watched the house on the corner of First Avenue and Fitzgerald Street go downhill fast. A family with a young daughter ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Crews are working around the clock setting up for the year end party at the Town Center in Virginia Beach. “They’ve been here since 3 a.m. and they will be here all night ...

From Cairo to Libreville and Dakar, new towns are proliferating, driven by massive investments and futuristic promises. While they inspire dreams for many residents, they remain difficult to bring to ...

Across Delaware, small towns rose around mills, rail stops, and waterways before vanishing with little notice. When industries collapsed or routes shifted, employment evaporated almost instantly.

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to fizzle out just as fast. Others fade slowly, little by little, until one day ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Dark clouds and a slight drizzle Friday morning didn’t stop die-hard enthusiasts from lining up around the new Trader Joe’s in Town Center. Even the shouts of a solo protester — ...

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company towns still exist in a half-abandoned state. They are no longer active, but ...