On a balmy evening last September, Michael Fowler stumbled out to the south rail line in East Palestine, Ohio, and sat down in the middle of the tracks. His dog, a white Chihuahua, was beside him. The ...

Here is a roundup of some (mostly) abandoned theme parks throughout the U.S., including some right in New Jersey ...

ASHTON — A fire continues to burn inside the historic Bear Gulch Railroad Tunnel near Ashton.

Located in Lakeland, the park offers a blended urban and natural space for walking, playing, hiking, exploring or just taking in the great outdoors.

The canal tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was authorized by Parliament on 4 April 1794. Construction of the 5,451-yard (4,984 m) tunnel began shortly after but faced delays due to high water ...

HAYWARD — An “unstable” man armed with a knife who barricaded himself at a BART service yard in Hayward Thursday morning was arrested after a more than two-hour standoff with police, transit officials ...

Opening a restaurant in a train station was never part of the plan. Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer had separately spent years working in restaurants. Both women thought the service ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

DISASTER. BALTIMORE CITY FIRE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER A TRAIN DERAILED SUNDAY NIGHT. IT HAPPENED NEAR PULASKI HIGHWAY IN BALTIMORE CITY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 17 TRAIN CARS WERE INVOLVED. THE CITY FIRE ...

In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1, 1940. Journalists at the time called the Turnpike a “dream highway” and ...

East Harlem leaders and community advocates are calling for a passageway between the neighborhood’s incoming Second Avenue subway extension and its Metro-North stop by repurposing a long abandoned ...