Places lostslav Wants to Go

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

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

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

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

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

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

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

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

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

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

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

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.