Mining is an important part of American history, but not one that many people get to explore in person. This spot in Kentucky ...

The winner of this year’s West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant walks among the ruins of a community abandoned 70 ...

This week my wife and I head back to a local Coal Mining Ghost Town here in Alabama! Our plan of action is to mudlark the ...

The coal industry once provided more than half of U.S. electricity production. But it has been in steep decline for decades ...

Twelve of Eskom's 15 coal-fired power plants are in Mpumalanga, along with over 200 active coal mines and hundreds of abandoned ones ... We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg ...

Belleville City Council has voted to buy a parcel on West C Street from St. Clair County so officials can tear down a ...

Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition in the U.S., are becoming more valuable now that the ...

West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, collects small pieces of coal left behind at the former Kay Moor coal town and camp in the ... explores the abandoned Kay Moor ...

Between Santa Fe and Albuquerque sits a tiny town with big character. Madrid, New Mexico started as a coal mining town, died ...

Colorful storefronts line this former ghost town’s main drag ... Madrid is a quirky little gem that refuses to hurry for anyone. This former coal mining town has transformed into an artsy haven with ...

West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, collects small pieces of coal left behind at the former Kay Moor coal town and camp in the ... through the ruins of the ...

Old mining cabins have been transformed into bright studios ... The town’s history is as colorful as its buildings – it went from bustling coal town to ghost town to artistic haven. You might spot a ...