Places rvrs2run Wants to Go

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

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

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

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

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

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.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

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

Up-close opportunities to see working birds of prey.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

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

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

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

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.