Places Polytropa Wants to Go

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

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

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

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

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

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

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

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

This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

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

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

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

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

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.