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Naturita, Colorado

Camp V

Stay in a luxury cabin or refurbished Airstream in this former mining camp-turned-retreat.
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Lake City, Colorado

Lake City Ice Park

These towering cliffs crystalize each winter, forming sheer walls of ice that are open for climbing.
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Aguilar, Colorado

Apishapa Arch

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.
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Leadville, Colorado

Tennessee Pass Cookhouse

Hike, ski, or snowshoe to a backcountry yurt that serves up gourmet, four-course dinners.
Added by colleencourtney c93b920e
Antonito, Colorado

El Santuario de los Pobladores

Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.
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Fort Collins, Colorado

Giant Campbell's Tomato Soup Can

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.
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Last Chance, Colorado

Last Chance Module Array

Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.
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Fairplay, Colorado

South Park City

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.
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Redstone, Colorado

Redstone Castle

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.
Added by ChrisChayce
Cripple Creek, Colorado

Victor Troll

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.
Added by emileemoyer1993
Clark, Colorado

Hahn’s Peak Lookout

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

Independence Monument

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.
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Gunnison, Colorado

Alpine Tunnel

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.
Added by mhoshovsky
Joes, Colorado

Prairie Futures

An environmental art installation inspired by farmhouses and crop circles.
Added by mauxheart
Morrison, Colorado

Morrison Natural History Museum

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
mikewalker Added by mikewalker
Lamar, Colorado

Petrified Wood Building

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.
mikewalker Added by mikewalker
Silver Plume, Colorado

Wichita State University Plane Crash Site

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.
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Breckenridge, Colorado

Reiling Dredge

Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.
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Loveland, Colorado

Faces Bridge

A surprising collection of bronze faces beneath a bridge in Loveland.
Added by mhendry
Gypsum, Colorado

Dotsero Crater

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.
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Pagosa Springs, Colorado

The Mother Spring

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
mikewalker Added by mikewalker
Uravan, Colorado

Uravan

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

Bachelor Loop Interpretive Site

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.
Mira Added by Mira
Gateway, Colorado

Sewemup Mesa

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.
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