Leadville, Colorado
Tabor Opera House
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
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Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Leadville, Colorado
This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.
Denver, Colorado
A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.
Sedalia, Colorado
This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.
Pueblo, Colorado
Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.
Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
Nederland, Colorado
Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Wamego, Kansas
This 19th-century windmill was moved, stone by stone, in the middle of Kansas.
Salina, Kansas
Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.
Wilson, Kansas
This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.
Wilson, Kansas
This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.
Leavenworth, Kansas
This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.
Wilson, Kansas
A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Sevierville, Tennessee
An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Asheville, North Carolina
Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.
Troutman, North Carolina
A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.