Places apojudy Wants to Go

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

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

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The 7,000-foot finish line of America’s first Olympic Trials marathon.

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

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

A long and winding trail through history led to the current iteration of this mountaintop tower.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.