But not all of Michigan’s timeworn icons have had the benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars from Ford. Elsewhere, in Detroit and far beyond, abandoned places still lurk, still and silent ...

This abandoned village on the U.P.'s Keweenaw Peninsula was a company town of nearly 1,300 residents, many of them German and Cornish immigrants who'd come to work in the copper mines.

Ghost towns don't exactly have a "season," but if they did, it might be this time of year -- the season when once-vibrant branches go bare, nights grow longer and colder, and life begins to leave ...

Michigan ghost towns. Here's a sampling of abandoned towns from around the state: Freedom: This town, founded by African-Americans, had railroad service but no Post Office; ...

Michigan ghost towns. Here's a sampling of abandoned towns from around the state: • Freedom: This town, founded by African-Americans, had railroad service but no post office; ...

Michigan ghost towns. Here's a sampling of abandoned towns from around the state: Freedom: This town, founded by African-Americans, had railroad service but no Post Office; ...

Michigan is reportedly one of the most haunted states in America, with the fourth-most ghost sightings reported here than in any other state (excluding Texas, California and Ohio).

For some in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a ghost town is home The end of copper mining left a lot of ghost towns in Michigan. But not all of them are deserted.

In the not-so-distant past, the town of Vickeryville, northwest of Lansing in Montcalm County, had a U.S. Post Office, a train depot, a resident doctor and its own school.

Michigan is reportedly one of the most haunted states in America, with the fourth-most ghost sightings reported here than in any other state (excluding Texas, California and Ohio).