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

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

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.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

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

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

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

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

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

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.