Places aimeebint Wants to Go

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

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

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

More than 100 steam and diesel locomotives bring Colorado’s rail heritage to life.

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

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

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

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

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Hike, ski, or snowshoe to a backcountry yurt that serves up gourmet, four-course dinners.

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

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.