Places VRLNDR Wants to Go

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

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

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

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

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

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

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

The resolution to a case that had gone cold for 120 years, found on an old piece of wood.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.