A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

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

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

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