Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

The former home of the "Manassa Mauler" is now a museum dedicated to his legendary boxing career.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

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

When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Up-close opportunities to see working birds of prey.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.