Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

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

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.