Places mcambis Wants to Go

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

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

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

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

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

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

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

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

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.