Here are expanded descriptions for all 20 ghost towns in Colorado: ...

The now abandoned village of Animas Forks in Colorado ... would leave the town almost uninhabited by the 1920s, and Animas Forks became another in a long line of American ghost towns.

(Courtesy of Scott Peterson)| St. Elmo, located less than 83 miles southeast of Aspen, Colorado, is one of the state's best-preserved ghost towns. Formed in 1880 for miners in search of gold and ...

After the California Gold Rush, gold was found in the rivers and streams of Colorado from a technique called Placer mining. Mines were popping up all over the state. The film focuses on local mining ...