Fried chicken, fresh vegetables, and sweet tea are standard. The restaurants have character and good service. The whole day costs almost nothing. Walking is free. Looking at pretty buildings is free.

Out in the Mojave Desert, far from modern highways, two mining towns once stood: Ragtown and Stedman. They were created during the early 1900s mining boom after gold and copper were discovered in the ...

In the mountains west of Colorado's Pikes Peak is the small Gold Rush town of Cripple Creek. The town has just about 1,100 residents, but what it lacks in population size, it more than makes up for in ...

Summer in the Arizona desert is no joke, and wandering around a ghost town when it’s 115 degrees outside is a good way to become a ghost yourself. The cooler months are much more pleasant, and you’ll ...