A U.S. Geological Survey employee with nothing better to do on vacation than pore over old maps in the Library of Congress made an astonishing discovery last year: a Colorado map from 1894 that ...
Editor’s note: This story originally ran in The Denver Post. With abandoned mines, dusty streets and ramshackle buildings, Colorado’s ghost towns have a knack for giving visitors goosebumps. Colorado ...
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Hidden In Rocky Mountain National Park Is Colorado's Once-Thriving Boomtown That's Now A Secret Ghost Village
This hidden ghost town located in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is so beautiful, you'll want to plan your visit ...
In 1858, prospectors struck gold on Cherry Creek, and in an instant a generation of Americans and fortune seekers from abroad was bound for what would become Colorado. It worked out OK for Denver, ...
Loveland author Kenneth Jessen wrote about the facts, figures and statistics of Colorado’s ghost towns, but he wanted to tell his own stories of his visits to hundreds of these towns. IRIS, CO: Sept.
Filled with history and spooky sounds, abandoned towns tug at our desire for intrigue. Former mining camps, mysterious narratives of failure and the touch of what was still on the doorknob. The ...
About 11 miles south of Aspen, Colorado, is the ghost town of Ashcroft. Ashcroft once had hotels, saloons, and 2,000 residents. But 5 years after being built, it was deserted. I toured Ashcroft's ...
They are abandoned but not forgotten. They are the forefronts of classic Colorado images, destination reminders of the bold pioneers that built this state. One might say their spirits linger across ...
The Loveland Museum is unveiling its next exhibit, “Images of Colorado’s Ghost Towns,” at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Foote Gallery at 503 N. Lincoln Ave. The exhibit will feature a variety of photographs ...
From New Zealand to Colorado, I've explored more than a dozen ghost towns. Along the way, I've encountered my fair share of eerie and spooky spottings. A cross in the doorway sent shivers down my back ...
The monthly Rear View column features historic photo stories from The Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History at The ...
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