Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

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.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

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

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.