Places 78stidham Wants to Go

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

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

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

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

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

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

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

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.