One of Pennsylvania’s icons is being covered up in dirt this week as the abandoned stretch of Route 61 known as “Graffiti Highway” -- one of the last vestiges of the ghost town known as Centralia -- ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. (WHTM) – Centralia was founded in 1866 and is located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Mostly known for its local mines, Centralia had around 2,800 residents in the 1890s and was ...

Have you ever heard of a town where the ground beneath your feet is literally on fire? Centralia, Pennsylvania, used to be a bustling mining community, but today it stands nearly empty because of an ...

People often wonder why the few remaining residents of Centralia want to stay there when they live atop a mine fire that has been burning for more than fifty years. Last week, the state Department of ...

Centralia started burning half a century ago and hasn’t stopped. The small central Pennsylvania town once literally had a ground full of potential, but it was destroyed by the substance that made it ...

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Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. In October 2013, the eight remaining residents of the once ...

'Graffiti Highway' - Pennsylvania's oddest tourist attraction is the latest casualty in the coronavirus pandemic. The .74- mile long abandoned stretch of Route 61 that runs through the ghost town of ...

In what seems like the plot to a disaster movie, the quiet town of Centralia, Pennsylvania has endured a burning problem since 1962: It's been on fire, literally, for more than five decades. And how ...

CENTRALIA, Pa. — The Thanksgiving holiday is almost upon us. Many of us will gather at home with loved ones and enjoy their company with some delicious food. Over the years, the holiday season started ...