Places abbarr Wants to Go

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

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The clock that sets them all.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.