Montrose, Colorado
Ute Ethnobotany Garden at the Ute Indian Museum
This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.
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Montrose, Colorado
This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.
Boulder, Colorado
This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.
Montrose, Colorado
An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.
La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.
Nathrop, Colorado
This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.
Arvada, Colorado
A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Littleton, Colorado
The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
Longmont, Colorado
The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.
Glendale, Colorado
It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Denver, Colorado
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Lafayette, Colorado
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Denver, Colorado
A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.
Castle Rock, Colorado
The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.
Bailey, Colorado
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Denver, Colorado
The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.
Denver, Colorado
This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Denver, Colorado
Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.