Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.

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

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

At this multicultural hub, refugee chefs serve the foods they miss most from home.

This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.

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

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

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

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

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

A tribute to Loveland’s most famous sweethearts, who helped spread cupid’s message to millions.

This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

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

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

This drive-by, rotating mini-gallery is nestled in the suburbs of Colorado.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.