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An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

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

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

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

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

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

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

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

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