Like most of the ghost towns on this list, St. Elmo’s rise and fall were sharp. By the late 19th century, more than 2,000 residents lived in the Colorado mining town. In the following decade ...

(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 ...

Bodie, California Nestled in the heart of California, Bodie once thrived as a bustling gold-mining town during the late 1800s ...

My ancestors lived in the mysterious Colorado ghost town St. Elmo at its peak. For this project, I asked my dad to tell the stories of our family while I visited the town to capture what it looks like ...