Dolores, Colorado
Canyons of the Ancients
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Alamosa, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Rye, Colorado
Bishop Castle
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Cadet Chapel
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Florissant, Colorado
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Leadville, Colorado
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
