Colorado Million Dollar Highway (44 images)
The road from Durango to Silverton and Ouray in Colorado cost $1 million per mile to build. Get your tax money's worth with a beautiful trip through the Rockies.
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Silverton seems more of a ghost town in the...
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The Million Dollar Highway: covered with ice,...
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Few businesses in tiny Silverton, Colorado,...
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Lake Molas lies in a basin created by glacial...
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Ice formations at a frozen waterfall along the...
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At least there are signs to warn of upcoming...
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Thick ice and stunning scenery mark the slow...
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A snow-bridge or avalanche chute over the...
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The Red Mountain Pass separates the San Juan...
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Lodge 492 of the Benevolent & Protective Order...
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A view of the Million Dollar Highway from...
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Carved from sheer stone, this tunnel adds fuel...
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Idarado Mining Company
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Brown Bear Cafe, Ouray
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View of Ouray in the snow.
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Indian teepee at souvenir store in Colorado
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Wood carver and bear sculpture
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Sunset in the Rockies, near Crested Butte,...
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Wolf Creek ski resort
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Vail mountain bike course in the snow
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Vail ski resort
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Steam train, long lens, passengers in open car
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Engineer backs up the engine into the rest of...
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Silverton view, covered with snow. The train...
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Engineer releases steam from a side pipe. Cows...
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View of the Animas river, one of the several...
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Detail restored wagon in operation
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Entering the San Juan National Forest, just...
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Durango. Abandoned wagons along the way,...
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Durango. A view of vertigo, straight down into...
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Durango. Animas river.
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Durango. Horses graze in Animas valley with...
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Durango. Detail of Y rail at winter turn around...
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Durango, barman and waitress at Belle Saloon.
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Durango, Strater hotel on main, at night.
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Durango. Dirty John, cowboy poet and his wife...
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Rochester Hotel
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Durango. Rockport house
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Durango. Welcome to Silverton sign features...
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Durango. Log cabin covered with snow, Silverton.
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Durango. Main street Silverton seems to run up...
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Victorian mining house, Silverton
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Brown Bear Cafe, stove.
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Mural in Durango, depicting main street in 1890.
