Gold Camp Road, Colorado Springs, CO

Brianna Campbell and Jordan McDonald hike up this historic mining road that in 1939 became a free public road and remained open to vehicular travel until 1988 when a portion of tunnel 3 on the road collapsed in on itself. Despite several urban myths about the area that claim a bus full of school children became stuck and killed during the accident, many locals enjoy recreating around the "haunted" area.

Originally published in The New York Times on July 29, 2022.