This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

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

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

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

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

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

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

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

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

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

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

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

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.