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One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

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

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

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

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

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

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

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

The world's largest washing machine collection has more than 1,400 antique items in its exhibit.

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