This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

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

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

Soak in the life’s work of one of the country’s foremost modern artists.

The former home of the "Manassa Mauler" is now a museum dedicated to his legendary boxing career.

Have a heavy metal Christmas at this bizarre Turkish-American restaurant.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

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

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

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

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.