Colorado

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Swetsville Zoo Shrinks
Fort Collins - Timnath - A yard full of fanciful metal creatures built by Bill Swets, known in Timnath, Colorado, as Swetsville Zoo, will close within the next five years. Full story

Steve Canyon Statue
Idaho Springs, Colorado
The town of Squirrel Gulch was renamed after comic strip hero, "Steve Canyon," as a tribute to the service men and women of WWII.
Swetsville Zoo
Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado
Meet Bill Swets, the zookeeper of a humorous metal menagerie.
The Wonder Tower
Genoa, Colorado
Observation tower, museum and souvenir shop with pickled freaks and picturesque vistas.
Petrified Wood Gas Station
Lamar, Colorado
A gas station turned used car dealership made of petrified wood.

Notable places we've visited or heard about.

Antonito: Cano's Beer Can Castle [tips]
Bailey: Giant Hot Dog [tips]
Beulah: Bishop Castle
Boulder: Cannibal Cafeteria
Broomfield: Shep, Toll Road Dog
Canon City: Prison Museum
Canon City: Live Hangings
Colorado Springs: Magic Town
Colorado Springs: Largest Hercules Beetle, May Museum of the Tropics [tips]
Cripple Creek: Brothel Sights [tips]
Denver: Buckhorn Exchange
Denver: Forney Transportation Museum [tips]
Denver:"Why I Love Her" USA Map
Eaton: Antique Washing Machine Museum [tips]
Estes Park: 20,000 Keys [tips]
Fairplay: Bum, Prunes and Shorty
Fort Collins: Annie, the Railroad Dog
Fort Collins: Swetsville Zoo
Four Corners: Where Four States Meet
Fruita: Mike the Headless Chicken
Genoa: Wonder Tower | A visit.
Golden: Coors Plant Tours [tips]
Hooper: UFO Watch Tower [tips]
Idaho Springs: Steve Canyon Statue
Lafayette: Vampire grave [tips]
Lake City: Alferd Packer Massacre Site
Lakewood: Casa Bonita [tips]
Lamar: Petrified Wood Building
Littleton: Grave of America's Favorite Cannibal
Ludlow: Birthplace of Public Relations
Mancos: Rain of Giant Arrows
Manitou Springs: Manitou Cliff Dwellings
Mosca: Colorado Alligator Farm [tips]
Nederland: Grandpa Bredo on Ice [tips]
North Pole: Where Santa Lives [tips]
Strasburg: The Golden Spike Controversy