Higher ground communities strain a wastewater treatment plant in Knott County and a drought exacerbated by tourism weighs on ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

Kayaking through the Etowah River Tunnel in Georgia offers an adrenaline-pumping adventure through an abandoned mine.

Explore 15 eerie images of abandoned coal mines, revealing forgotten tunnels, decaying equipment, and the haunting remains of ...

California is full of ghost towns, including this underrated one that was important in the 19th century. It can be a pit stop ...

Not all explorers are relegated to the pages of history books. One modern-day explorer is shedding light on some pretty dark places. Dan Lopez has spent the last 10 years exploring the dark abandoned ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PARK COUNTY — Polluted water leaking from thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado’s mountains is turning wetlands orange and dumping toxic dissolved metals ...

Repurposing abandoned coal mines as large-scale energy storage facilities presents a compelling blend of engineering and sustainability. These mines, often equipped with existing infrastructure, could ...

When an abandoned mineshaft beneath Interstate 80 in Morris County collapsed the morning after Christmas, closing the eastbound side of the highway for four days, everyone took notice. No vehicles ...

One of the original UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Poland's Wieliczka Salt Mine was one of the world's oldest continuously operating mines until workers ceased production in 2007. Now, Wieliczka is ...