The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Recycling meets art in this colorful barricade.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This 1863 adobe building is home to one of the oldest operating saloons in the Southwest.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

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

Crisp mountain water cascades over volcanic rocks at these secluded falls outside Pagosa Springs.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

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

The 7,000-foot finish line of America’s first Olympic Trials marathon.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.