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

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

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

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This remote desert watering hole has a connection to a curious chapter of American history.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.