This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

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

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

An unusually European Pueblo church is actually the oldest Native American congregation in the United States.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.