Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Colorado

While in Colorado, you might enjoy a visit to:

The gas station is now a used car dealership, but it's still made of petrified wood.

The Baldpate Inn's key collection includes the key to Hitler's bunker.

The Madonna of the Trail is a pinkish, stony-faced pioneer Mom, in long skirt and bonnet, strutting westward with an infant in her arms.

Large granite monument and death pit mark the spot on April 20, 1914 where striking miners met a militia backed by the superrich. The United Mine Workers of America commissioned the massacre memorial.

The animals in the "Swetsville Zoo" were built by Bill Swets from car parts, farm machinery, and scrap metal.

Celebrated decapitated chicken that lived -- for a while. The town has a sculpture of Mike, and Mike the Headless Chicken Days is an annual festival.

A sign proclaims that this unheralded spot is where the transcontinental railroad REALLY linked up.

Lee Maxwell, passionate collector of ancient washing machines, has his total up to 978 at last count.

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