Cañon City, Colorado
Skyline Drive
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
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Cañon City, Colorado
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Winter Park, Colorado
These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Central City, Colorado
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
Creede, Colorado
This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.
Carbondale, Colorado
A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.
Dolores, Colorado
Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.
Durango, Colorado
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Florence, Colorado
This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.
Scott, Arkansas
People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.
Phil Campbell, Alabama
Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."
Montgomery, Alabama
The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.
Florence, Alabama
This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.