Monticello, Utah
Newspaper Rock
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
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Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Creede, Colorado
Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.
Fairplay, Colorado
This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.
Durango, Colorado
This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.
Silverton, Colorado
This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.
Carbondale, Colorado
Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.
Redstone, Colorado
This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.
Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Morrison, Colorado
A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.
Redlands, Colorado
For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.
Gunnison, Colorado
The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.
Grover, Colorado
On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Alamosa County, Colorado
A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.
Uravan, Colorado
Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.
Towaoc, Colorado
Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.
Gateway, Colorado
A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.
Delta, Colorado
The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Bedrock, Colorado
A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.
Paradox, Colorado
The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.
Lake City, Colorado
This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.