About Us

Every town in America has a story it doesn’t tell anymore.

Moojz was built to go find those stories — the ones that got left off the map when a mining town emptied out, the disappearances that were never solved, the disasters that made headlines for a week and then quietly disappeared from memory, and the strange histories hiding behind the names of places we drive past every day.

We’re not a breaking news site, and we don’t chase whatever’s trending this week. Our focus is narrow on purpose: American ghost towns, unsolved small-town mysteries, forgotten disasters, and the odd stories behind place names. If it doesn’t fit one of those, we probably haven’t written about it.

How we work

Every article on Moojz starts with research, not a headline. We pull from historical archives, county and government records, digitized newspaper collections, and published local histories. Where the historical record is incomplete or accounts conflict, we say so in the article instead of smoothing it over. We’d rather tell you what’s actually known — and what isn’t — than hand you a tidy story that isn’t fully true.

We also use AI tools to help organize research and draft early versions of our articles. Every piece is fact-checked and edited by a person before it’s published. You can read more about exactly how that works on our Editorial Policy page.

Why this, and why now

A lot of American history that isn’t in textbooks lives in county archives, old newspaper microfilm, and the memories of people in small towns — and it’s disappearing. We started Moojz because these stories are worth more than a two-line trivia fact, and because once they’re gone, they’re gone for good.

Got a story we should look into? A town, a disappeara   nce, a strange name with a history behind it? We’d genuinely like to hear about it. Contact us any time.

— The Moojz Team