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419.99 mile marker
Permanently Closed

Stratton, Colorado

419.99 Mile Marker

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

Packrat Antiques
Permanently Closed

Denver, Colorado

Packrat Antiques

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

World’s Wonder View Tower

Genoa, Colorado

World’s Wonder View Tower

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

Along the main wall you’ll find a list of every show every played at Red Rocks.

Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Hall of Fame

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

Conspiracies and monsters abound at Denver Airport.

Denver, Colorado

‘Notre Denver’

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

City Park is one of the best places to view the Denver skyline and the distant Rockies.

Denver, Colorado

Prismatic Electric Fountain

This stunning, technicolor array of geysers has occupied Ferril lake since 1908.

Wyoming side.

Grover, Colorado

Colorado-Nebraska-Wyoming Tri-State Marker

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

A view of Lake San Cristobal

Hinsdale County, Colorado

Lake San Cristobal

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

The Little Man Ice Cream Can sits just beside Linger Eatuaries, a former mortuary turned hip dining spot.

Denver, Colorado

Little Man Ice Cream Can

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

Walking into the Oxford is like stepping back in time.

Denver, Colorado

The Cruise Room Bar

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

"The Lineman – A Character Study."

Denver, Colorado

Allen Tupper True Murals at the Mountain States Telephone Building

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

Monuments benefit from the mountain backdrop.

Crested Butte, Colorado

Crested Butte Cemetery

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.

The Angel of Shavano

Maysville, Colorado

Angel of Shavano

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

Every inch of the wall is covered in history.

Leadville, Colorado

The Legendary Silver Dollar Saloon

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

Hike out to these ruins with a view of mountain peaks.

Estes Park, Colorado

Birch Ruins

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.

The Grand Toe-tons

Fort Collins, Colorado

The Giant in Spring Canyon Park

Pieces of a stone giant are embedded in the earth of this Colorado park's playground.

A bronze statue of Annie the Railroad Dog.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Annie the Railroad Dog

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

The Mountain Submarine

Central City, Colorado

The Mountain Submarine

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

Christ of the Mines Shrine

Silverton, Colorado

Christ of the Mines Shrine

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

All kinds of curious bric-a-brac decorates the space.

Winter Park, Colorado

Hernando’s Pizza Pub

The walls, tables, and much of the ceiling in this pizzeria are covered with $40,000 in $1 bills.

The blue spruce on the right symbolizes the spirit of John Denver.

Aspen, Colorado

John Denver Sanctuary

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

The plaque commemorating the creation of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Estes Park, Colorado

Birthplace of the American Board of Orthodontics

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

North Pole Post office

Cascade, Colorado

The North Pole

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

The carving of the stonemason's late daughter

Boulder, Colorado

The Architect's Daughter at First United Methodist

When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.

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