Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A long and winding trail through history led to the current iteration of this mountaintop tower.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

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

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.