Seoul, South Korea #korea #seoul #travel #photography

Aspen trees in late fall on Kenosha Pass, northeast of Fairplay, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography

Considering that this house is in a secluded meadow near Black Hawk, Colorado, it was pretty nice for its time, but the roof is a bit unusual. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

Looking west towards the Continental Divide in late winter, from Moraine Park, near Estes Park, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography

There was probably a good reason to build this structure near Nevadaville, Colorado on stilts, but now that everything around it has fallen down it seems like an odd choice. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

While on a long hike near Black Hawk, Colorado, we found so many old mines and buildings that Kali started dismissing some of them with no more than a glance and a sniff. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #ruins #history #photography

A section of the Dakota Hogback southwest of Denver, which extends from Wyoming to New Mexico along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. #colorado #scenery #photography

While most photos of steep slopes never seem to come close to what it's like to be there, the tiny structure in this one that I took while climbing to a mine north of Leadville, Colorado helps provide a little perspective. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography

New Delhi, India #delhi #india #travel #photography

Pasque flowers start popping up out of the sand in the huge burned area near Buffalo Creek, Colorado long before the grass turns green. #colorado #flowers #photography

Looking east towards Silver Plume, Colorado, past two miner's cabins that have both lost their roofs to fallen trees. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography

For Kali, the best thing about hiking at high elevations is that there are usually refreshing snow banks to both eat and rest on, and that happened quite often during a spring hike near Rollins Pass, west of Boulder, Colorado. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #photography

From a distance, the remaining slopes of Red Mountain hide the fact that the peak is long gone, and the hole created by an underground mine is slowly swallowing the surrounding terrain. #colorado #scenery #photography

The building at this mine northwest of Nederland, Colorado probably fell down on it's own a long time ago, but the steam engine would have needed the help of a lot of water to be pushed around like this. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

I see deer on almost every hike, but this one near Alma, Colorado stayed in such a perfect pose for so long that I had to oblige and take its picture. #colorado #wildlife #photography

Taxila, Pakistan #taxila #pakistan #travel #history #photography

I found this building next to a railroad tunnel in the mountains west of Eldorado Springs, Colorado, and can only assume it housed railroad workers, since there's nothing else there. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

As much as I like to spend time on high mountain peaks and ridges, where the views are unobstructed, it was still nice to have some cover nearby for most of the day I spent mountain biking in this remote area southwest of Silverton, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography #mountainbiking

Kali takes a well deserved break in Coney Lake during a long hike in a remote area west of Boulder, Colorado. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #scenery #photography

Old photos of the area around Black Hawk, Colorado show mountains that are stripped of vegetation, and dotted with mines and buildings, but over a hundred years later everything that hasn't crumbled into the ground is hidden by new growth. #colorado #history #photography #ruins

This pika lives in the rocks at about eleven thousand feet on the northern slope of Hermosa Peak, near Rico, Colorado. #colorado #wildlife #photography

I first noticed this old cabin near Jamestown, Colorado from a distance through a row of trees when it was still standing, but if not for the chimney I might have walked right past it without realizing it on this visit. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

Many of the soft rock outcroppings in the Pawnee Buttes National Grassland look like they are melting. #colorado #scenery #photography

When the original inhabitants of this homestead northwest of Como, Colorado moved away, they probably didn't drag the stove and a bed outside and break all the windows, but it doesn't look like there have been many other visitors than those who did. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

This spectacular view of Cataract Lake is typical for the area along the Continental Divide, south of Lake City, Colorado, and its not even in a wilderness area. #colorado #scenery #photography

Bamyan, Afghanistan #afghanistan #bamyan #buddha #travel #history #blackandwhite #photography

After first walking away, and almost knocking over my camera in the process, Kali finally decided to come back and pose for a photo at this cabin we found above Georgetown, Colorado, no doubt thinking that by doing so, I would stop fiddling around and get going again. #kali #dogs #ruins #photography

The miners who lived in this cabin near Copper Mountain, Colorado had a nice view of the Tenmile Range. #colorado #scenery #ruins #history #photography

Looking towards a row of fourteen thousand foot peaks inside the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, northwest of Buena Vista, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography

It's almost easier to imagine that this old homestead, that nature has been slowly disassembling for a hundred years in the hills west of Golden, Colorado, was once a living thing rather than a building that someone used to call home. #colorado #history #photography #ruins

Cactus flowers don't last long, so I was glad to find these north of Fort Collins, Colorado, but if I had come along a day later, this cactus might have had a full crown. #colorado #flowers #photography

The most reliable way to find old buildings is to look for mine sites in the middle of nowhere, but I spotted this cabin while climbing the mountain in the background and didn't see any mines until I got to the cabin. #colorado #history #photography #ruins

Tokyo, Japan #japan #tokyo #travel #photography

After over twenty miles following dry, rocky ridges that often rise above twelve thousand feet, this lake northwest of Durango, Colorado is a welcome sight for hikers on the Colorado Trail. #coloradotrail #colorado #scenery #photography

During a long hike northwest of Alma, Colorado, Kali takes refuge in a small cabin as a thunderstorm slowly forms overhead. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography

If not for their uniform shape and pattern, these bricks at a kiln near Morrison, Colorado almost look like a natural geological feature. #colorado #ruins #textures #photography

Crossing this creek was part of my plan for a hike west of Eldora, Colorado, but I didn't know until I got there that it would be raging, and that I would have to do it on a log. #colorado #scenery #photography

This building near Nevadaville, Colorado once housed the steam hoist for a mine, and even though the headframe is not inside, it looks like it will fall over when the building collapses. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

On a warm fall day near Kenosha Pass, which is northeast of Fairplay, Colorado, a combination of rain and snow falls on a landscape that seems unprepared for winter. #colorado #scenery #photography

If there had been a mine nearby, I might have thought that this building near Crescent, Colorado was a powderhouse, but after looking at it more closely, it became clear that it had been built over a spring. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

West of Denver, Colorado, bighorn sheep can be found in Waterton Canyon most any time of the year, but it seems more likely in late winter and spring. #colorado #wildlife #photography

This stamp mill near Nederland, Colorado, which was used to pound rock into powder as part of the mineral extraction process, is the only one I have ever seen. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #ruins #history #photography

The purpose of this machine, that I found near Central City, Colorado, has probably been forgotten, but it will likely still be sitting there in a hundred years, whereas the building in the valley doesn't look like it will last much longer. #colorado #history #photography #ruins

Mount Audubon at sunset as seen from Gold Hill, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography

Seoul, South Korea #korea #seoul #travel #photography

It's hard to say if this large cabin northwest of Apex, Colorado was built on two levels or if it has been broken apart by the encroaching trees and the soft ground. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

As the sun approached the horizon during the descent from a twelve thousand foot ridge south of Silver Plume, Colorado, the mountain I had climbed only a few hours earlier disappeared in the shadow of a taller peak. #colorado #scenery #photography

This collapsed mine entrance near Silver Plume, Colorado not only a popular place for spiders to build their webs, but also for lichen, which have camouflaged a pipe to look like a long rock. #colorado #ruins #history #photography

The fine powder left behind after a glacier carved out the cirque surrounding this lake is what gives the water its amazing blue tint. #colorado #scenery #photography

It's hard to say if Kali could actually appreciate all the amazing scenery we saw during a hike west of Boulder, Colorado, but she sure did spend a lot of time looking at it. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #scenery #photography