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Garden of the Gods

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

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The blast door at the entrance.

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Cheyenne Mountain Nuclear Bunker

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

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Gold Camp Road Tunnels

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Old Gold Camp Road Tunnels

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

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Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures

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Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

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A tuberculosis hut converted into a visitor center at Rock Ledge Ranch

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Tuberculosis Huts

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

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May Natural History Museum

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May Natural History Museum

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

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Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

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Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

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One of the "fancy craft" Victorian hair wreaths in the collection of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. Photo by Noel Black.

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Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

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