Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

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

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

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

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

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

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

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.

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

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

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

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

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.