Places ophie Wants to Go

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

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

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

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

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

The clock that sets them all.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

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

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

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.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

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

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.