F or more than a decade, Matsubara Tanishi, a Japanese comedian, has lived in houses where others met gruesome ends. One ...

Koyo Murata transformed an abandoned community center in rural Japan into a modern guesthouse to help bring visitors back to ...

Station projects in Nagoya and Fukuoka have stalled, showing the risks of using large developments to reverse regional ...

As we look back on the traditions of America, one spirit that defied the government is moonshine, especially in southern Appalachia. Distilleries like Flaming Aces in Carter County are working to make ...

Most visitors opt for taking ‘the golden route’, spending most of their time in the iconic cities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, which has sparked a pushback in these spots against overtourism. This voice ...

Rhode Island is home to many important structures and boatloads of history. Sure, we know about Slater Mill, the Gilded Age mansions in Newport, College Hill and the White Horse Tavern. But if you’re ...

Japan is facing one of the biggest population crises in the world, and the consequences are already transforming entire regions into ghost towns. Across the mountains of Shikoku, abandoned schools, ...

From crumbling capital ruins to silent iron furnaces, Alabama is full of places that feel frozen in time. The catch: the best “abandoned” sites you can explore aren’t illegal at all— they’re preserved ...

It started with a simple question on Saturday, April 11, when a user posted a photo in the r/SanAntonio subreddit asking: “What’s the deal with that one abandoned mansion on a hill?” Within hours, the ...

In the U.S., eerie remnants of once-inhabited towns or villages exist in the form of "ghost towns," left in forgotten corners of the country. Nearly every U.S. state has some sort of ghost town, ...

Join me as I explore some of the best locations in Japan in this final release of the Japan series. In this video, I dive into abandoned sites that reflect the intriguing history and stories behind ...

TOKYO (AP) — Cherry blossom spotters from the Japanese government announced Monday the first blooming of the country’s favorite flower in three cities, marking the official start of the season. Today ...