At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

The former home of the "Manassa Mauler" is now a museum dedicated to his legendary boxing career.

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

This jet-infused peak marks the traditional northern boundary of the Navajo nation.