Sparwood, British Columbia, is a town of roughly 4,000 people tucked into the Elk Valley, surrounded by the open pits and underground workings of one of North America’s largest metallurgical coal ...

Explore Anyox, British Columbia, an abandoned mining town filled with forgotten buildings, industrial ruins, and Canadian history. This journey through a ghost town reveals the remains of a ...

Estimates say there are as many as half a million abandoned mines across the United States. Tens of thousands of these are considered environmentally hazardous, exposing communities to chronic health ...