Orchard, Colorado
Dearfield Ghost Town
In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.
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Orchard, Colorado
In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.
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.
Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
Trinidad, Colorado
The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.
Parachute, Colorado
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
New Castle, Colorado
A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.
Marble, Colorado
The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.
Aspen, Colorado
“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Bellvue, Colorado
The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.
Denver, Colorado
One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.