Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

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.

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

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

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

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

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

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.