The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

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

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

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

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

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

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

The clock that sets them all.