Colorado Ghost Towns

Colorado is ghost town country in the truest sense. The silver and gold booms of the 1870s and 1880s built some of the most spectacular mountain towns in the West, and the busts that followed left them perched at altitude, frozen in time. From the crumbling Victorian buildings of Animas Forks to the well-preserved structures of St. Elmo, Colorado’s ghost towns are among the most visited and most dramatic in the United States.

Ghost Towns of Colorado on Amazon

Looking to explore Colorado’s ghost towns in more depth? The Ghost Towns of Colorado series by Jason Smith spans 3 volumes covering the state’s most compelling abandoned mountain communities.

Browse the Colorado Series on Amazon

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