Tucked away in western Michigan, where the Kalamazoo River curves gracefully through rolling hills and forests, sits Allegan – a small town with enormous character that won’t drain your bank account.

Walking through the devil’s mouth entrance (yes, literally a giant devil head with glowing yellow horns that you walk through) feels like crossing some bizarre threshold between the ordinary world and ...

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...