Places Lost Leopards Wants to Go

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

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.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

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

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

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

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

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

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

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

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

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.