Hidden in the woods near Charlestown, Indiana, the ruins of Rose Island amusement park wait like a time capsule from the Jazz Age, offering one of the most unexpectedly magical adventures you never ...

A former steel town is eyeing an awesome comeback after it population has declined rapidly from 178,000 in the 1960s to an ...

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WAVE) - On a rainy Saturday morning, a couple dozen people filled the Clarksville Library for a town hall with Indiana State Representative Wendy Dant Chesser. It was an opportunity ...

Explore fascinating abandoned and historic places in Illinois, where prisons, ghost towns, and ancient sites reveal stories that refuse to fade away.

An Indiana County woman is facing charges after police said a dog with two pelvis fractures and several chicken bones in its stomach was found abandoned on the side of the road. According to the ...

There is something strangely fascinating about places that were once vibrant but now stand empty. Abandoned towns, factories, and villages often look frozen in time, with machinery or streets ...

A modern-day gold rush boom was on full display at Calico California Days, a kitschy celebration of early settlements held at Calico Ghost Town, the legendary San Bernardino County mining hub that ...

NEW CARLISLE, Ind. - Rounding into downtown, a hand-painted mural declares New Carlisle, Indiana “a nice place to visit, a great place to live.” One of the largest tech companies in the world thinks ...

Sometimes the most unsettling places aren’t found in horror movies but right in your own backyard, and Gary, Indiana proves this point with startling clarity. This once-thriving industrial powerhouse ...

Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost town last weekend. The line just to pay entrance fees at the San Bernardino County-managed attraction was at least a dozen cars deep ...

The Chicago Bears have taken a big step forward in finding a new site for their stadium, and that momentum is moving fast toward Northwest Indiana. On Thursday morning, Indiana lawmakers in the state ...

INDIANAPOLIS/HAMMOND, Ind. (WGN) — The Chicago Bears and Indiana state lawmakers took a big step Thursday morning toward the franchise moving across state lines to build a new stadium near Wolf Lake ...