Places joparkman Wants to Go

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

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

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

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

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

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

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

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

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Soak in the life’s work of one of the country’s foremost modern artists.

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

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

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

It's hip to be square in Iola, home of the largest town square in the United States.

An epic statue dedicated to the memory of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments of the U.S. Army

This museum was built to share the story of Liberal's singular pancake-flipping racing tradition.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

A small-town limestone memorial to a local cartoonist and to Porky Pig, his most famous subject.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.