Places cjennr76 Wants to Go

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

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

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.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.