A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

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

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

This jet-infused peak marks the traditional northern boundary of the Navajo nation.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

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

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

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.