Places NiftyChick Wants to Go

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

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

Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

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

Up-close opportunities to see working birds of prey.

Sip heritage cider with a surprising backstory at this family-owned cidery.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Crisp mountain water cascades over volcanic rocks at these secluded falls outside Pagosa Springs.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

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

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

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

This prehistoric karst cave is situated near a working ranch and historic warm springs.