Places The Detour Effect Wants to Go

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

"All Mountains - All The Time."

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

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

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

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

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.