This once-thriving mining town was mostly abandoned after a coal seam fire ignited beneath it in 1962 and continues to burn ...

In this week's column, a deep dive into city land sale dysfunction and the continuing budget woes in Harrisburg.

Amid record-low popularity, Democrats are reckoning with who they’ve become and whether authenticity, not ideology, can bring ...

From the Monongahela valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story’s always the same Seven hundred tons of metal a day Now sir you tell me the wor ...

The North Country forest tends to swallow up time. One instant the birch branches are flailing in the November wind, and the ...

Once China's answer to Pittsburgh, steel hub Panzhihua faces same challenge as other old industrial cities: how to avoid ...

Pennsylvania’s industrial heritage is fading, leaving behind empty factories and warehouses. Living near these abandoned ...

Whitley County’s ghost towns follow the rise and fall of the railroads, and in some cases carry the mournful echoes of Native Americans rousted from their homes.

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In 1940, drivers lined up for hours to be the first to drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened at midnight on Oct. 1, 1940. Journalists at the time called the Turnpike a “dream highway” and ...

A ghostly silence greets visitors at the Ramba Fruit Processing Factory, where rusting machines sit idle and overgrown grasses tell the story of a facility that once offered hope to farmers but is now ...

Forgotten rail lines wind through Pennsylvania’s forests, where rusted tracks and crumbling stations whisper stories of ...