Buying an abandoned property can be a bargain for homebuyers—if you can actually find such a property. Properties that are unclaimed by their owners are potential low-cost purchases that might be ...

Picture a town that exploded from nothing to thousands of people in just three years, only to vanish like a desert mirage. Rhyolite, Nevada, was that place, a Wild West boomtown born from gold fever ...

The remnants of Nevada’s abandoned boomtowns and settlements are scattered across the desert, if you know where to look. Experts say that Nevada has up to 600 ghost towns throughout the state. Many ...