Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

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

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

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

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

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

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

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

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

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

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

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

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

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."