Caribou, Colorado
August 22, 2010
The town of Caribou was established in 1870 to house the miners of the Caribou Silver Mine. In its hay day it is estimated that Caribou was home to approximately 3,000 people. However, this one of only two buildings that remain standing today.
Looking Out The Homestead Window
October 28, 2009
When you turn off the highway at the top of Trout Creek Pass, you are immediately greeted with a bumpy, rocky 4-wheel drive trail. Looking around you, evidence of the past begins to show itself. The remains of wooden cabins from the 1800s dot the hills off the road. The further you drive, the [...]
The Old General Store
September 16, 2009
The Post Office for St. Elmo is a historic building on the ghost town’s main street. I think what makes this building so intriguing are the small touches that make it feel like the tenants might have just stepped out for lunch. The curtains and flowers in the windows make it seem like you [...]
Stepping Back In Time
August 30, 2009
When traveling through the mountains of Colorado, we sometimes stumble into a place that makes me feel like we have traveled back in time. All of a sudden, at the end of a dirt road, we come across wooden buildings with false fronts and grainy windows and time stands still. Not many ghost towns [...]
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