Places nils Wants to Go

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

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.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

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

Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.

A long and winding trail through history led to the current iteration of this mountaintop tower.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Wildflower-filled 19th-century cemetery is a bucolic final resting place.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.