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 ...

Explore Colorado ghost towns with creaky cabins, mountain silence, and eerie history that makes every detour feel worth it.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1858, prospectors struck gold on Cherry Creek, and in an instant a generation of Americans and fortune seekers from abroad was bound for what would become ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — If you are looking to take a ...

Filled with history and spooky sounds, abandoned towns tug at our desire for intrigue. Former mining camps, mysterious narratives of failure and the touch of what was still on the doorknob. The ...

Loveland author Kenneth Jessen wrote about the facts, figures and statistics of Colorado’s ghost towns, but he wanted to tell his own stories of his visits to hundreds of these towns. IRIS, CO: Sept.

In Colorado, scenic drives often come with jaw dropping views, but few feel as raw and immersive as this one. Around each ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An abandoned house on the Homestead Meadows trail outside of Estes Park, Colorado.Monica Humphries/Insider From New Zealand to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — They’re called ...

The historic ghost town of Dearfield, located roughly 24 miles east of Greeley and 70 miles northeast from Denver, could become Colorado's next national park if the U.S. Department of the Interior can ...