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

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

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

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

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

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

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

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

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

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

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

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

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

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.