Places hanhepi Wants to Go

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Between a bike path and the South Platte River sits a piece of modern space history.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

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

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

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.

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

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

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

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

Most of this “research national monument” still lies buried beneath the earth.

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

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