Cañon City, Colorado
Royal Gorge Bridge
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
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Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Cañon City, Colorado
This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Florence, Colorado
This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.
Cañon City, Colorado
The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Oakley, Kansas
Home of mutant livestock.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Scott City, Kansas
Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.
Winona, Kansas
Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.
Wilson, Kansas
This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.
Wichita, Kansas
Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.
Oakley, Kansas
This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.
Cawker City, Kansas
Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.
Chanute, Kansas
This museum houses artifacts from American adventurers and filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson.