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A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

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

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

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

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

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

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

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

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.