Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

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.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

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

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

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

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.