A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

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

An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

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

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

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

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

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

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

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

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.