Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile holds two ghost towns called Humberstone and Santa Laura. Once home to thousands, they were ...

After a long day of flying south from Santiago to Puerto Montt, driving our rental car, riding a ferry, and getting slightly lost on the sleepy streets of Hornopirén, I arrive with my brother at our ...

With its emerald green waters and white sands, the small town of Mejillones in northern Chile looks deceptively like a typical seaside resort. However, in the distance, coal-fired plants and factories ...

Children watch the Calbuco volcano erupt, from Puerto Varas, Chile, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. The volcano erupted billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern ...

Once a thriving community, Humberstone in northern Chile is now a ghost town. Beginning in the late 1860s, hundreds of people lived and worked in Humberstone and nearby Santa Laura. Located in the ...