At 14,115 feet tall, it’s hard to miss America’s Mountain. From the ground looking up, its beauty is breath taking, and from ...

During the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in Colorado, mining camps quickly grew into bustling towns. Glimpses of history can be seen through architectural remains and objects left behind, even red light ...

“The root beer float.” The iconic treat was invented here in what was then a bustling mining camp, the center of the Pikes Peak gold rush. Or so the story goes.

During the gold rush of the late 1800s, Cripple Creek became one of the biggest economic hubs in the West, as gold seekers and miners flooded the area. Many of these historic turn- of-the century ...