Calhan, Colorado
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
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Aspen, Colorado
Conundrum Hot Springs
It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.
Alamosa County, Colorado
Zapata Falls
A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
House at Otowi Bridge
This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
El Salto del Agua Waterfall
A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.
Chimayo, New Mexico
El Santuario de Chimayo
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ethyl the Whale
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
