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

“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.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

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

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

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

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

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

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

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

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.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

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

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

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

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.