OSBURN, Idaho — Driving through the Silver Valley on I-90, you probably wouldn't notice anything strange about the overpass in Osburn, Idaho. But more than 50 years after it was first built, the ...

David French stands in the former mail compartment of the restored train car, now a bedroom. DEARY, Idaho — Loyal Fleener was worried about his barn collapsing because of snow piling up on the roof.

The story of a 60-year struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

Property manager David French shows off the interior of the restored train car near Deary, Idaho. DEARY, Idaho — Loyal Fleener was worried about his barn collapsing because of snow piling up on the ...