A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

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

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

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

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

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

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

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

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

A small-town limestone memorial to a local cartoonist and to Porky Pig, his most famous subject.

This roadside prairie Statue of Liberty replica is one of the foremost examples of the Boy Scouts of America's "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty" campaign.