Places Klyse Wants to Go

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.