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

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

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

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

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

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

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

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

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

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

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

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

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

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

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.