If you like exploring the ghost towns of the Old West, one of the best-preserved spots in America is St. Elmo, an enchanting, ...

Colorado is now known for its incredible skiing, and Denver, its capital city, is also considered America's craft beer capital. But long before the ski resorts and the breweries, Colorado was a hotbed ...

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 ...

Abandoned mining equipment at the top of a mountain in Colorado's Tomboy ghost town. - Zane Lewis/Shutterstock There's something intriguing about ghost towns. Whether it's the allure of forgotten ...

Some people though Ken Chlouber was crazy when he proposed holding an ultramarathon at 10,000 feet as a way to draw people to Leadville at a time when the city economy was struggling dramatically.

An eerie discovery reveals a forgotten ghost town hidden in the mountains of Colorado. Each moment captures abandoned ...

Fall is a popular time to visit these sites, offering a chance to also see the season's changing aspen leaves. Many former mining towns like St. Elmo, Animas Forks and Ashcroft have preserved ...

Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghost towns are the skeletal remains of once-bustling communities, offering a haunting glimpse into America’s past. These ...