Places nils Wants to Go

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

A marble cornerstone marks the location of what could have been a presidential palace.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

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

The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.

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

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