Places sarahltait Wants to Go

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

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

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.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

Hike, ski, or snowshoe to a backcountry yurt that serves up gourmet, four-course dinners.

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

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

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

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

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.