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Alfred Packer's Headstone

Littleton, Colorado

Alfred Packer's Grave

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

Climax, Colorado

Leadville, Colorado

Climax, Colorado

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

Forney Transportation Museum

Denver, Colorado

Forney Transportation Museum

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

Coney Island Hot Dog Stand

Bailey, Colorado

Coney Island Hot Dog Stand

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

Movie Manor Motor Inn as it appeared in May, 1972

Monte Vista, Colorado

Movie Manor

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Maroon Bells

Aspen, Colorado

Maroon Bells

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Castlewood Canyon Dam Ruins

Castle Rock, Colorado

Castlewood Canyon Dam Ruins

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

Cheesman Park.

Denver, Colorado

Cheesman Park

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Postcard showing a collection of paintings in the Buffalo Bill Museum, circa 1941.

Golden, Colorado

The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

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

Boulder Teahouse

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder Teahouse

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

Manitou Springs Penny Arcade

Manitou Springs, Colorado

Manitou Springs Penny Arcade

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado

Blue Mustang

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Buckhorn Exchange

Denver, Colorado

Buckhorn Exchange

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Pikes Peak Summit House

Manitou Springs, Colorado

Pikes Peak Summit House

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Casa Bonita's Lagoon

Lakewood, Colorado

Casa Bonita

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Royal Gorge Bridge

Cañon City, Colorado

Royal Gorge Bridge

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Linger Eatuaries

Denver, Colorado

Linger Eatuaries

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Star trails trace the night sky above snow-covered mountains and sand dunes.

Alamosa, Colorado

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Swetsville Zoo
Permanently Closed

Fort Collins, Colorado

Swetsville Zoo

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

Early morning snow flurries begin to transform one of Colorado Springs’ most spectacular locations.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Garden of the Gods

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Stanley Hotel at sunrise.

Estes Park, Colorado

The Stanley Hotel

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Fresh snow accentuates a warm ancient Puebloan city.

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Mesa Verde National Park

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

The Squero di San Trovaso.

Venice, Italy

Squero di San Trovaso

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

Peggy Guggenheim and her dogs' graves.

Venice, Italy

Peggy Guggenheim's Grave

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

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