One of the most infamous abandoned places on earth is in Pennsylvania, the town of Centralia.Centralia has been a popular destination for adventurers and was even the inspiration for the horror video ...

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 ...

In 1962, a dump fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania, reached a coal seam underground. It’s ...

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 ...

CENTRALIA — After years of delay, Pennsylvania officials are trying to complete the demolition of Centralia, a borough in the mountains of Columbia County in northeastern Pennsylvania that all but ...

A fading memory of town is all that remains of Centralia, Pennsylvania. Its earth is hot to the touch as smoke billows past the surface and into the air, blotting out the sun. Gnarled streets and ...

In May 1962, an ill-advised trash fire set light to the veins of coal running beneath the small mining town of Centralia, PA, and sparked a dangerous inferno that has raged ever since. Despite various ...

Over spring break, my friend Andrew Hale and I set out on an unusual road trip — not to relax but to film a documentary in a town that’s been burning for over 60 years. Centralia, Pennsylvania, once a ...