This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

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

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

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

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

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

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.