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A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

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

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

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

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 massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

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

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.