Louisiana has no shortage of abandoned buildings, parks, and industrial sites, and urban explorers have found every single ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — More than 100 abandoned oil wells, which can leak cancer-causing chemicals and threaten the environmental health of an area, in Louisiana have been plugged during the last two ...

Tens of thousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells sit idle across the United States. Known as orphan wells, they pose significant dangers to nearby residents and the environment after being ...

Louisiana is home to a number of ghost towns, where buildings and infrastructure still stand despite desertion. Explore the ...

The number of abandoned oil and gas wells in Louisiana has surged over the past year despite efforts to address the problem, reaching a record high and placing a heavy financial burden on the state to ...

One woman has taken on quite the task of renovating eight abandoned apartments, wowing internet users in the process with what she managed to achieve during the ambitious project. The apartments, ...

The federal government is establishing an office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned oil and gas sites, a move that Louisiana officials say will likely speed the process of tackling the state’s growing ...

Find out more about our Reverse Course series here. As an oil worker and well site supervisor, Druis Trahan has seen a lot of abandoned wells. But each one is a little different. Today's job started ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH — In Henderson, houseboats once used for recreation or living are now sitting idle — stuck in trees, sinking in the swamp, or drifting loose through the Atchafalaya Basin. Henderson ...