Places mutyat Wants to Go

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A replica that won't float away.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

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

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

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

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.