The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.