The town was completely abandoned by 1956 and the desert began ... Island,” a coal-mining location that grew into a small city of 5,259 people by 1959. It was far enough away from the atomic ...

With the American Northeast settled so many centuries ago, it only makes sense that a vast number of towns and settlements ...

Join BBC Bitesize as we explore the history of six fascinating abandoned ... flocked to the town boosting its population to nearly 10,000 and transforming it from a small mining camp to a bustling ...