Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

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.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

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.

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

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

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

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

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

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

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

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.