Durango, Colorado
Strater Hotel
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
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Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Lamar, Colorado
Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.
Granada, Colorado
The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.
Mills, New Mexico
Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Marathon, Texas
An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.
Pueblo, Colorado
This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Amarillo, Texas
This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.
San Antonio, Texas
Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Hidalgo, Texas
A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.
Laredo, Texas
The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.
Laredo, Texas
Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.