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

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

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

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

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

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.