A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

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

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

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

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

At Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a plaque marks a place once known as No Man's Land in the linear world and the fictional Kcymaerxthaere as well.

This marker identifies the location where three states converge.

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

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

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

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

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

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

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