Places clpartin Wants to Go

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

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

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

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

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.