Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

A giant gun-shaped smoker.

The trout that grew a winter coat is mounted in its Colorado hometown.

The oldest producer of embroidered Western wear.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

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

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

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

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

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

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

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The seventh largest spring in the world.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

This 250-to 375-year-old live oak tree towers over the back garden of a local history museum.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.