Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Mineral Springs
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
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Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
Antonito, Colorado
Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Douglas, Wyoming
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Chugwater, Wyoming
A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
San Francisco, California
One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.
San Francisco, California
A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
Deadwood, South Dakota
Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.