On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

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

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

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

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

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

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

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.