A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

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

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

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

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

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

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

The clock that sets them all.

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.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

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

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

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

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

“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.

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

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

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.