Caribou

We took the kids up to the only ghost town in the Front Range area that we can access sans a 4 wheel drive vehicle. Caribou Colorado is a former mining town just above Nederland in Boulder County at approximately 10,000ft. The town burnt to the ground in 1879 and most of the residents left around 1910 after the silver mine ran dry. At it's heyday, Caribou had approximately 200 buildings and a network of busy streets with 3000 residents. Today, there are only a few stone foundations, one dilapidated wooden structure, and the walls of a couple of stone buildings.

The kids had a blast running around the ruins and searching for the remnants of a bygone era in the grass of the meadow. Lots of old square nails to be found, but no long lost treasures sadly. And no ghostly spirits either. Oh well, maybe in the next ghost town.