Places esftripod Wants to Go

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

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

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

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

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

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.

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

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

"All Mountains - All The Time."

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

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

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

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

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

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

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.