Fruita, Colorado
Dinosaur Journey Museum
Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.
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Fruita, Colorado
Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Green River, Utah
Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Castle Valley, Utah
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Moab, Utah
This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.
Moab, Utah
This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Cascade, Colorado
This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.
Evergreen, Colorado
The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.
Conifer, Colorado
A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.