From 1858 until the silver crash of 1893, towns popped up almost overnight where gold or silver was found. ... This is your guide to touring some of Colorado’s best-preserved ghost towns.

Unlike the well documented ghost towns in the Colorado mountains, ghost town hunting on the Colorado prairie proves to be a challenge. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 48°F.

With abandoned mines, dusty streets and ramshackle buildings, Colorado’s ghost towns have a knack for giving visitors goosebumps. Colorado has roughly 300 ghost towns throughout the state, mostly ...

Colorado is filled with many abandoned mining towns which many consider to be ghost towns. If you are looking to take a step back in time and go on an adventure, look no further.

Snow falls on the ghost town of Animas Forks at 11,00 feet in the San Juan Mountains in this Sept. 29, 2021, photo. The town was founded in the 1870s.

With abandoned mines, dusty streets and ramshackle buildings, Colorado’s ghost towns have a knack for giving visitors goosebumps. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 55°F.

Jessen’s “Ghost Towns, Colorado Style” set includes two 600-plus-page books and one that’s 500 pages, and with his other books, he covers 1,600 ghost towns and abandoned towns in the state.

The revitalization ended almost as quickly as it began when a second fire ravaged town in 1898. While a few of the buildings were again rebuilt, this time St. Elmo would never fully recover.

Almost 150 years ago, in 1880, St Elmo was established and quickly became a bustling town with a rich history that many people consider to be one of Colorado's most haunted.

Colorado has roughly 300 ghost towns throughout the state, mostly concentrated deep in the mountains, where miners — who had dreams of striking it rich — set up settlements, and along the Eastern ...