In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

The story of a 60-year struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: ...

Abandoned railroads aren’t just relics of the past — they’re the perfect test ground for a custom build. In this project, I designed and built a go-kart specifically made to ride on old train tracks.

If you're taking a trip out west and want to visit a ghost town, you can head to this South Dakota destination that used to ...