Morrison, Colorado
Morrison Natural History Museum
A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
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Morrison, Colorado
A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
Central City, Colorado
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
Central City, Colorado
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
Nederland, Colorado
One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.
Estes Park, Colorado
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Nederland, Colorado
Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.
Evergreen, Colorado
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.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Buena Vista, Colorado
At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Marble, Colorado
The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.
Redstone, Colorado
This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Cisco, Utah
Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Page, Arizona
These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.