Eckley Miners’ Village in Pennsylvania feels like stepping into a piece of living history. It’s a small place tucked deep in ...

Johnstown proves that point perfectly. This western Pennsylvania city sits in the mountains like a cozy blanket. The downtown area has that classic small-town feel that makes you want to slow down.

It’s never been easy to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Christopher Tincher knows this firsthand. Tincher began his working life in a coal mine in Aflex, Kentucky, as a teenager in ...

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

There’s been a quiet buzz around Honesdale for years now — its growing art scene, coffee shops, breweries, and restaurants, ...

Experience Butler County PA reports on Pennsylvania's rich German heritage, spotlighting historic towns like Harmony, ...

Picher, Oklahoma, is said to be the most dangerous ghost town in America—and it’s not because it’s full of ghosts. Picher is toxic—literally.

Completion of reclamation of a former coal mining site dating to the 1870s in North Scranton will allow for commercial or industrial development on a vacant 8-acre segment, according to a public ...

Joe Parnarauskis, former member of the Socialist Equality Party in the US, passed away on October 23 in Duluth, Minnesota, after a long struggle with an aggressive form of dementia. The immediate ...

Mike Darnay is a digital producer and photojournalist at CBS Pittsburgh. Mike has also written and produced content for Vox Media and the Mon Valley Independent. He often covers overnight breaking ...

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 ...

Have you heard of a town that’s been burning underground for over 60 years? Deep beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a coal mine fire still rages, turning a once-bustling mining town into one of ...