The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

An environmental art installation inspired by farmhouses and crop circles.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

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

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

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

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

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

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

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