This building in the foothills west of Boulder, Colorado looks like a jail, but it was actually a blacksmith shop for several large mines. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This building in the foothills west of Boulder, Colorado looks like a jail, but it was actually a blacksmith shop for several large mines. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
The Chalk Cliffs near Buena Vista, Colorado can be an almost painfully bright white, especially when the sky is clear and the sun is at a perfect angle. #colorado #scenery #photography
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Chalk Cliffs near Buena Vista, Colorado can be an almost painfully bright white, especially when the sky is clear and the sun is at a perfect angle. #colorado #scenery #photography
The structures built to enclose machinery at the mines around Central City, Colorado were often better constructed than the miner's cabins. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The structures built to enclose machinery at the mines around Central City, Colorado were often better constructed than the miner's cabins. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
Having endured over a century of wind and harsh winters, this cabin north of Montezuma, Colorado lost its roof soon after this photo was taken, and over the next few years, completely disintegrated, leaving nothing but broken boards. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #ruins #history #scenery
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A rugged twelve thousand foot ridge in shadow at sunset, west of Silver Plume, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A rugged twelve thousand foot ridge in shadow at sunset, west of Silver Plume, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
Apparently, much of the ore processing machinery at this mill near Montezuma, Colorado wasn't worth relocating or salvaging once operations ceased. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Apparently, much of the ore processing machinery at this mill near Montezuma, Colorado wasn't worth relocating or salvaging once operations ceased. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
Mountain goats climb to higher ground for the night on 14,270 foot Grays Peak, near Montezuma, Colorado. #colorado #wildlife #photography
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Mountain goats climb to higher ground for the night on 14,270 foot Grays Peak, near Montezuma, Colorado. #colorado #wildlife #photography
This cabin, near the abandoned town of Hessie, Colorado, looks like it was built by someone with skill, and it has lasted over a hundred years as a result, but the door is still nothing more than a few boards held together with metal straps. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This cabin, near the abandoned town of Hessie, Colorado, looks like it was built by someone with skill, and it has lasted over a hundred years as a result, but the door is still nothing more than a few boards held together with metal straps. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The triangular mountain on the left is 14,265 foot Quandary Peak, the northernmost in a group of fourteeners south of Breckenridge, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The triangular mountain on the left is 14,265 foot Quandary Peak, the northernmost in a group of fourteeners south of Breckenridge, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
This old horse drawn bar mower is part of a collection of farm machines near a trail system in Black Hawk, Colorado. #colorado #history #artifacts #photography
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This old horse drawn bar mower is part of a collection of farm machines near a trail system in Black Hawk, Colorado. #colorado #history #artifacts #photography
In the hills west of Eldora, Colorado, a frigid breeze blows over Lost Lake, weeks before the first snow. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In the hills west of Eldora, Colorado, a frigid breeze blows over Lost Lake, weeks before the first snow. #colorado #scenery #photography
This glacial lake north of Empire, Colorado was too shallow for swimming, but Kali was happy just to splash around. #kali #kuvasz #dog #scenery #photography
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This glacial lake north of Empire, Colorado was too shallow for swimming, but Kali was happy just to splash around. #kali #kuvasz #dog #scenery #photography
Wooden ore carts, like this one that I found high above Georgetown, Colorado, are extremely rare, but the dumping and swiveling mechanism sitting next to it is pretty common. #colorado #history #photography #artifacts
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Wooden ore carts, like this one that I found high above Georgetown, Colorado, are extremely rare, but the dumping and swiveling mechanism sitting next to it is pretty common. #colorado #history #photography #artifacts
Looking into Buckskin Valley, west of Alma, Colorado, after a dusting of snow in late fall. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Looking into Buckskin Valley, west of Alma, Colorado, after a dusting of snow in late fall. #colorado #scenery #photography
It's interesting that whoever built this cabin northwest of Como, Colorado would go to all the trouble of filling the gaps between logs with pieces of tin, and then not bother to trim the logs on one corner. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's interesting that whoever built this cabin northwest of Como, Colorado would go to all the trouble of filling the gaps between logs with pieces of tin, and then not bother to trim the logs on one corner. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado frogs start calling each other as soon as the snow melts. #colorado #wildlife #photography
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado frogs start calling each other as soon as the snow melts. #colorado #wildlife #photography
It doesn't seem like I ever see that many pulleys on top of mine headframes, no doubt because they could be reused at another mine, but I have found several around Nevadaville, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It doesn't seem like I ever see that many pulleys on top of mine headframes, no doubt because they could be reused at another mine, but I have found several around Nevadaville, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
One of many small ponds in Saint Vrain State Park, east of Longmont, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
One of many small ponds in Saint Vrain State Park, east of Longmont, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
The Balarat mining camp, near Jamestown, Colorado, which may have had as many as fifty cabins, has been washed away by floods so many times that the only remaining structure is this powder house. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Balarat mining camp, near Jamestown, Colorado, which may have had as many as fifty cabins, has been washed away by floods so many times that the only remaining structure is this powder house. #colorado #history #photography #ruins
By the time I got to this secluded valley south of Winter Park, Colorado, the lake was already cloaked in a rapidly advancing shadow. #colorado #scenery #photography
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
By the time I got to this secluded valley south of Winter Park, Colorado, the lake was already cloaked in a rapidly advancing shadow. #colorado #scenery #photography
This abandoned aerial tramway above Silver Plume, Colorado looks a bit like a modern lift, but if the stories about miners riding back and forth from the mines in ore buckets are true, they must have been extremely brave. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This abandoned aerial tramway above Silver Plume, Colorado looks a bit like a modern lift, but if the stories about miners riding back and forth from the mines in ore buckets are true, they must have been extremely brave. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM