Places ingridtodd6 Wants to Go

Unique fence hidden along multi-use trail near Pearl St and Mount Sanitas

In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.

Here lies the woman who named the Ouija Board.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Have a heavy metal Christmas at this bizarre Turkish-American restaurant.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

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

A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

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

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

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

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

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