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A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

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

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

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

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

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

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

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

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

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

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

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.