Del Norte, Colorado
Penitente Canyon Wagon Tracks
Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.
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Del Norte, Colorado
Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.
Del Norte, Colorado
A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.
Del Norte, Colorado
Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.
Granada, Colorado
The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.
Winter Park, Colorado
These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.
Winter Park, Colorado
This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.
CaƱon City, Colorado
The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.
Denver, Colorado
An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.
Ramah, New Mexico
Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.
Sundance, Wyoming
An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.
Winter Park, Colorado
Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.
Antonito, Colorado
An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.
La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Tucson, Arizona
Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.
La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.