In Crystal, Colorado — Photo courtesy of Flickr user Misty Faucheux
One century’s gold is another one’s ghosts.
Gold rush fever marked many of Colorado’s mountain towns in the late 19th century, but eventually faded to dust - and took the residents with it.
Today, visitors can take a fascinating time-traveling tour through Colorado’s past, sometimes with a dash of spookiness, in these abandoned mining towns.
Even some of Colorado’s most popular tourist towns, like Breckenridge, Idaho Springs and Leadville, are former hot spots of mining action, except they managed to stay alive (or even thrive) after the crash.
Other ghost towns are completely abandoned, peppered by rickety, falling structures marking saloons, houses and shops. And others yet remain slightly inhabited, not fully dead, yet not exactly lively either, where residents today coexist with the ghosts of yesterday.
Colorado has more ghost towns than you could ever see, so choose carefully and see the best. Here are our favorite 10 ghost towns in Colorado, roughly zig-zagging from north to south.
Pro tip: This road trip is best in the warmer months, as many of these remote towns get completely snowbound at the first snowfall.
Source by: http://www.10best.com/interests/travel-features/road-trip-must-see-ghost-towns-of-colorado/
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