In a sunlit living room in Alexandria, the furniture has been pushed aside to make room for a semi-circle of folding chairs. Teenagers sip from mismatched mugs, notebooks in their laps, while a low ...

Small mining towns flourished at the start of the 1900s, and many were abandoned by the mid-century. Up until the 1930s, horse-drawn carriages and automobiles could still be seen on the same streets.

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Ebony Howard is a certified public ...