Red Cliff, Colorado
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Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
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Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
Bellvue, Colorado
The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.
Central City, Colorado
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.
Trinidad, Colorado
The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Aspen, Colorado
Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
New Haven, West Virginia
This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.
Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
Brooklyn, West Virginia
The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.