Breckenridge, Colorado
Breckenridge Snow Sculptures
Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.
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Breckenridge, Colorado
Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.
Bailey, Colorado
This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.
Cascade, Colorado
This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Irving, Texas
This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.
Columbus, Georgia
Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Castle Valley, Utah
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Taos, New Mexico
Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
Washington, D.C.
The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.
Washington, D.C.
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.
Washington, D.C.
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.