Places a Wild Erik Wants to Go

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

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

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

The world's largest washing machine collection has more than 1,400 antique items in its exhibit.

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

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

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

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

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.