A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

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

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.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

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

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.