This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

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.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

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

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

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

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.