Mountains in Colorado

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

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

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

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

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

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

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.