Places hillmccoy Wants to Go

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

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

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

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 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.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

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

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

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

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

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

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.