Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brent Underwood moved from Austin to the abandoned mining town of Cerro Gordo, California, in 2020. He spent three years living ...

There might only be a few people on Planet Earth who can say they've been more socially-distant during the pandemic than Brent Underwood. "I thought, hey, you know, what better place to ...

An entrepreneur has documented the progress he has made in rebuilding a California ghost town that he purchased to develop into a tourist attraction. Cerro Gordo—meaning fat hill in Spanish—was a ...

Life has certainly changed since Brent Underwood was a kid growing up in Tampa Bay. The Brandon native now lives in Cerro Gordo, an old, California mining town that spent decades abandoned until ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. In 2018, Brent Underwood pooled together $1.4 million and bought an abandoned silver mine in the ...