Drive eleven miles up Castle Creek Valley, away from the buzz of Aspen, and you will find yourself in the presence of ...

A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind ...

Journey into the mountains of Colorado to explore Gilman, the deserted mining town once powered by the Eagle Mine. Discover ...

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 ...

Discover charming Colorado small towns that turn into snowy winter wonderlands—ski, soak in hot springs, and wander twinkling ...

There are places in Colorado that were once thriving communities, until they disappeared or changed for many different ...

Today, there isn’t much left of the town, but there are still a few old buildings, like a diner, a café, a motel, and a gas ...

A recent tragedy in Colorado wasn't an anomaly. From drowning in quarries to stumbling into open pits, hundreds have died in ...

Bodie is the quintessential ghost town, frozen in time high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once a booming gold mining town in the late 1800s, Bodie’s population dwindled as the gold veins dried up.

A curated look at Colorado’s lesser-known mountain towns where wild trails, big views, and quiet charm create the state’s ...

The most beloved stories all take their inspiration from somewhere. In these seven cases, it comes from real towns in the ...