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Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

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

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

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

A tribute to Loveland’s most famous sweethearts, who helped spread cupid’s message to millions.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.