Places abbarr Wants to Go

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

Once the smallest park in the national system.

Have a heavy metal Christmas at this bizarre Turkish-American restaurant.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

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

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

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

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

A surprising collection of bronze faces beneath a bridge in Loveland.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

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

A Buddhist monastery tucked away in the mountains of Colorado.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.