Places devonmlucy Wants to Go

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.