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.

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.

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.

Because of the rich history in Colorado, there are so many towns that were abandoned and left to be ghost towns that they outnumber the alive towns here today. Skip to content FOX31 Denver ...

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.