Places donnatalarico Wants to Go

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.

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

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

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

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

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

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.