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

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

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

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

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

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

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

The world's largest washing machine collection has more than 1,400 antique items in its exhibit.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

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

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

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

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

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

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