Colorado Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Colorado. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports. City roadtrip recommendations: Colorado Springs | Denver
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Alamosa: Statue of Old Mose the Grizzly Bear - Alma: Fake Cop
- Antonito: Cano's Castle: Beer Can Folk Art
- Antonito: Indiana Jones House: Bed and Breakfast
- Arvada: Horse in a Hazmat Suit
- Aspen: Ashcroft Ghost Town
- Aspen: Chrome on the Range
- Aspen: John Denver Sanctuary
- Aurora: 16-Foot-Tall Blue Chair on Three Legs
- Aurora: Aurora Dawn Obelisk
- Aurora: Silver Lady Liberty: 58 Ft. Tall
- Aurora: Umi: Half-Woman, Half-Tree
- Avondale: Front Yard Papa Burger
- Bailey: Hot-Dog-Shaped Diner
- Bailey: Sasquatch Outpost
- Berthoud: Rooftop Papa Burger
- Beulah Valley: Roadside Grave of Solid Muldoon
- Beulah: Ten Roses Dragon Tree
- Black Hawk: Large French Fries
- Boulder: Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory Tour
- Boulder: Eldorado Scenic Rest Stop
- Boulder: Fish Windows
- Boulder: Forced Prairie Dog Preserve
- Boulder: Home Inspection Museum
- Boulder: Lollipop Grave
- Boulder: Mork & Mindy's House
- Boulder: Muffler Man Head
- Boulder: Restaurant Named for a Cannibal
- Boulder: Shelby Race Car Museum
- Branson: Tiny Jail
- Breckenridge: 10th Mountain Division Soldier Statue
- Breckenridge: Gold Dredge Restaurant
- Breckenridge: Isak Heartstone: 15-Foot-Tall Troll
- Breckenridge: Toro: Scrap Metal Robot
- Breckenridge: Ullr - Norse God of Snow
- Broomfield: Grave of the Toll Road Dog
- Broomfield: Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox
- Burlington: Kit Carson County Carousel
- Calhan: 15-Foot-Tall Bicycle
- Campo: Double-Headed Homesteader Monument
- Canon City: America's Highest Suspension Bridge
- Canon City: Chrome Bumper Warbirds
- Canon City: Dinosaur Built by Prison Employees
- Canon City: Dinosaur Tracks
- Canon City: Museum of Colorado Prisons
- Canon City: Segway Track and Tours
- Carr: Big Buffalo: Cell Tower Camouflage
- Carr: Natural Sandstone Fort
- Cascade: Santa's Workshop - North Pole
- Castle Rock: Castle Rock
- Central City: The Face on the Bar Room Floor
- Cheraw: Junkrassic Park
- Cokedale: Coke Ovens of Cokedale
- Colorado Springs: Auto Parts Transformers
- Colorado Springs: Bigfoot Crossing Sign
- Colorado Springs: Dine in a Plane
- Colorado Springs: Dragon Man's Military Museum
- Colorado Springs: Focus on the Family HQ
- Colorado Springs: Forgotten Traffic Circle Tower
- Colorado Springs: Garden of the Gods
- Colorado Springs: Giant Hammer
- Colorado Springs: Herkimer: World's Largest Beetle
- Colorado Springs: Humpty Dumpty Brothers
- Colorado Springs: Magic Town
- Colorado Springs: May Natural History Museum of the Tropics
- Colorado Springs: Muffler Man: Saloon Cowboy
- Colorado Springs: Octo-Maid: Metal Mermaid
- Colorado Springs: Office of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
- Colorado Springs: Phallic Sculpture Obscured by Trees
- Colorado Springs: Pig Can't Fly
- Colorado Springs: Starr Kempf's Metal Sculptures
- Colorado Springs: Statue of The Pumpkin Man
- Colorado Springs: The Geologic Column
- Colorado Springs: The Great Pumpkin
- Colorado Springs: Two-Headed Calf
- Colorado Springs: US Air Force Academy Outdoor Self-Tour
- Colorado Springs: Uncle Wilber Fountain
- Cortez: Big Bull
- Cortez: Creations from Mufflers
- Cortez: Vultures Gutting a Car
- Craig: Chainsaw Art Garden
- Craig: Fancy Train Car: The Marcia
- Creede: Underground Mining Museum
- Creede: World's Longest Fork
- Creede: World's Only Underground Firehouse
- Crested Butte: License Plate House
- Crested Butte: Metal Dragon and Knight
- Crested Butte: Two-Story Outhouse
- Cripple Creek: Abnormally Thin Skull of James Roberts
- Cripple Creek: Dinosaurs and Flintstones
- Cripple Creek: Famous Wild West Brothel
- Cripple Creek: Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour
- Cripple Creek: Newmont Mine Overlook
- Delta: Old Car Line-Up
- Denver: "Why I Love Her" USA Map
- Denver: 20-Foot-Tall Concrete Cowboy
- Denver: 20-Foot-Tall Dog Made of Dog Tags
- Denver: Balloon Man Running
- Denver: Big Blue Bear
- Denver: Big Chair with Horse
- Denver: Big Sun Dial
- Denver: Big Sweep - Dust Pan and Broom Sculpture
- Denver: Birthplace of the Cheeseburger
- Denver: Blucifer: Airport Mustang from Hell
- Denver: Buckhorn Exchange Restaurant - 500 Stuffed Animals
- Denver: Convergence Station
- Denver: Downtown Aquarium: Mermaids
- Denver: Forney Transportation Museum: Amelia Earhart's Car
- Denver: Giant Metal Cows
- Denver: Giant Milk Can Ice Cream Shop
- Denver: Giant Pencil
- Denver: Gnomes Hidden at Museum
- Denver: Howdy Trouty
- Denver: International Church of Cannabis
- Denver: Mile High, Watch Your Step
- Denver: Modern Totem Pole of Animal Heads
- Denver: Mural: Teddy Roosevelt and Jack Dempsey
- Denver: Murals of Famous Dead Musicians
- Denver: National Ballpark Museum
- Denver: Neon Pancake Flipper
- Denver: Parking Lot Mountain Man
- Denver: Plaque: First Walk Signal
- Denver: Plumb Bob Brain
- Denver: Raygun Gothic Rocketship
- Denver: Sleeping Giant in a Sombrero
- Denver: Soule Assassinated Here
- Denver: Soundwalk
- Denver: Suitcase Gargoyles - Denver Airport
- Denver: The Old Prospector
- Denver: Tour a Candy Factory
- Denver: Tribute to Eminent Poles
- Denver: Where Grids Collide
- Denver: Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
- Dolores: Memorial Rock: Boulder of Near-Death
- Durango: 1950s Chief Diner Sign
- Durango: Pinkerton Hot Springs
- Eaton: Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum
- Edgewater: T.L.C. Doll Hospital
- Estes Park: 30,000 keys
- Estes Park: Fallen Park Ranger Memorial
- Estes Park: International Cryonics Museum
- Estes Park: Noah's Ark-Shaped Building
- Estes Park: The Shining Hotel - TV Miniseries
- Fairplay: Bum, A Friend of Shorty's
- Fairplay: Metal Defenders of Concrete
- Fairplay: Monument to Prunes and Shorty the Burros
- Fairplay: South Park City
- Flagler: Mace Missile
- Fort Carson: 4th Infantry Division Museum
- Fort Carson: Grave of Hambone the Mule
- Fort Collins: Annie the Railroad Dog
- Fort Collins: Giant Campbell's Soup Can
- Fort Collins: Giant Ice Cream Churn
- Fort Collins: Granite Paradise: Countertop Stone Sculptures
- Fort Collins: Scrap Metal Robot Walks Dog
- Fort Collins: Totally '80s Pizza
- Fraser: Eisenhower's Favorite Fishing Spot
- Fruita: Bike Riding Raptor
- Fruita: Dinosaur Journey Museum
- Fruita: Mike the Headless Chicken
- Fruita: Traffic Circle Dinosaur
- Fruita: Vietnam Memorial With Music and Sound Effects
- Genoa: Wonder View Tower
- Glenwood Springs: Death Spot of Doc Holliday
- Glenwood Springs: Doc Holliday Collection
- Glenwood Springs: Doc Holliday's Grave
- Glenwood Springs: Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
- Glenwood Springs: Vapor Caves
- Golden: 20-Foot-High Shovel and Pickaxe
- Golden: Buffalo Bill's Grave and Museum
- Golden: Coors Plant Tours
- Golden: Fairway Incinerator
- Golden: Fractal Triceratops Family
- Golden: Global "Center of the World" Signpost
- Golden: Interstate Bison Herd
- Golden: Leap Year Landmark Buildings
- Golden: Sleeper House from Woody Allen Movie
- Golden: Triceratops Trail
- Golden: Vanderhoof's Moon Rock
- Granada: WWII Japanese-American Internment Camp
- Grand Junction: 8-Foot-Tall LEGO Man
- Grand Junction: Buffalo Made of Chrome Car Bumpers
- Grand Junction: Fractal Cacti
- Grand Junction: Outlaw Suicide Gun, Replica Uranium Mine
- Grant: 55-Foot-Tall Jesus
- Greeley: 10-Foot-Long Puppy
- Greeley: Dress Made of Rattlesnakes
- Greeley: Muffler Man
- Guffey: Skeleton Horses and Other Charms of Guffey
- Haswell: Nation's Smallest Jail
- Hooper: The UFO Watchtower
- Hotchkiss: Restored Texaco Station
- Hugo: Moonshine Liquors Neon
- Idaho Springs: Decayed Miner Statue
- Idaho Springs: Steve Canyon Statue
- Idaho Springs: Tour a Gold Mine
- Julesburg: Teepee Shelters, Pony Express Statue
- Ken Caryl: Cellular Village
- Kit Carson: Kit Carson Observation Tower
- Kremmling: Mini Statue of Liberty
- La Junta: Museum with Impossible Ceiling
- Lafayette: Vampire Grave
- Laird: Tripoint CO-NE-KS
- Lake City: America's Favorite Cannibal Town
- Lake George: Bicycle Fence, Orange Dinosaur
- Lakewood: Bugs Bunny Motel
- Lakewood: Casa Bonita
- Lakewood: Coors Field Baseball Park Replica
- Lakewood: Davies Chuck Wagon Diner
- Lakewood: Estes Motel: 1950 Mini-Town
- Lakewood: Tread Lightly: Boats on Legs
- Lamar: Madonna of the Trail
- Lamar: Petrified Wood Gas Station
- Leadville: Highest City in America
- Leadville: National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
- Littleton: Cannibal: Alferd Packer Grave
- Longmont: Japanese Temple: Tower of Compassion
- Longmont: Join Teddy Roosevelt on his Train Platform
- Longmont: Muffler Man
- Longmont: Wings of Change
- Louisville: Bronze Bicycle Trash Collector
- Loveland: Big Slingshot
- Loveland: Peter Toth Whispering Giant
- Loveland: Statue of Liberty Replica
- Loveland: Sweetheart City
- Ludlow: Ludlow Massacre - Birthplace of Public Relations
- Manassa: Jack Dempsey Statue and Museum
- Mancos: Giant Arrows
- Mancos: Sculptures of Dave Sipe
- Manitou Springs: Balanced Rock
- Manitou Springs: Big School Desk
- Manitou Springs: Cave of the Winds
- Manitou Springs: Emma Crawford Coffin Race and Parade
- Manitou Springs: Manitou Cliff Dwellings
- Manitou Springs: Mechanical Horse Race
- Manitou Springs: Miramont Castle
- Manitou Springs: The Great Fruitcake Toss
- Manitou Springs: The Incline: World's Steepest Hike
- Moffat: Shoes on Fence Posts
- Monte Vista: Movie Manor Motor Inn
- Montrose: Museum of the Mountain West
- Montrose: The Hangin' Tree
- Morrison: Dinosaur Ridge Bus Tours
- Morrison: John Denver Earth Hero Statue
- Morrison: Scrap Metal Accordion Player
- Morrison: The Fort
- Morrison: Tiny Town
- Morrison: View Dinosaur Footprints on Foot
- Mosca: Colorado Gators Reptile Park
- Mount Evans: Highest Paved Road in the USA
- Nathrop: Ghost Town with Chipmunks
- Nederland: Carousel of Happiness
- Niwot: Carved Indians
- North Mosca: Highest Sand Dunes in North America
- Northglenn: Flag Sprouting Soldiers - Veterans Memorial
- Ouray: Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour
- Ouray: Ouray Alchemist Museum
- Ouray: Stuffed Bear, Feejee Mermaid
- Pagosa Springs: Chimney Rock
- Palisades: Rusty's Dream - Dog Meets Hydrants
- Palisade: License Plate Trout
- Palmer Lake: Dizzy, Light Bulb Carrying Dog
- Palmer Lake: Grandpa's Horseshoe Critters
- Parachute: Rulison Nuclear Blast Site
- Parker: Giant Jacks
- Parker: Outdoor Percussion Instruments
- Penrose: "In God We Trust" in Vietnam War Dead Pennies
- Penrose: Boy and the Boot
- Penrose: World's Oldest Giant Rocking Chair
- Platteville: Miller Farms - Goofy Attractions
- Pueblo: MLK Statue With Big Head
- Pueblo: Neon Alley
- Pueblo: Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
- Redstone: Redstone Coke Ovens
- Ridgeway: Dennis Weaver Eagle
- Ridgway: True Grit Cafe
- Rye: Bishop Castle
- Salida: Boy and the Boot
- Salida: Famous Fur-Bearing Trout
- San Luis: Mother Mary's Totem
- Silver Plume: Silver Plume Jail
- Silverton: Christ of the Mines
- Silverton: Hillside Cemetery: Interesting Graves
- South Fork: Biggin The Lumberjack
- St. Mary's: Pink Pig Rock
- Sterling: Dream Redeemer: Spacey Bronze Creature
- Sterling: Statue of the Popcorn Man
- Sterling: Two-Headed Calf
- Strasburg: Transcontinental Railroad Rival Site
- Telluride: Penny Bear
- Trinidad: Canary in a Coal Mine Memorial
- Trinidad: Tiny Church
- Vail: 10th Mountain Division Soldier Statue
- Victor: Rita the Rock Planter: Giant Troll
- Walden: Barbed Wire Moose
- Walsenburg: Virgin Mary Grotto
- Walsh: Miniature Statue of Liberty
- Westminster: Plaque: Where Lloyd Barker was Killed
- Westminster: Praying Mantis Statue
- Westminster: Savery Savory Mushrooms Water Tower
- Wheat Ridge: Covered Wagon Eatery
- Woodland Park: Big Chair, Built for Sitting
- Woodland Park: Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
- Yampa: Finger Rock
- Yuma: The Orphanage: Old Cars and Art
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Arriba: Grampa Jerry's Clown Museum
- Aspen: Middle Finger Salute
- Blanca: Tree Carved Fiddler
- Boulder: Flat Iron Junk Art Garden
- Boulder: Topsy-Turvy Roman God
- Canon City: Bird Millman, Highwire Dancer
- Canon City: Live Hangings at Frontier Town
- Canon City: Tall Skinny Sheriff Carving
- Colorado Springs: Hall of Presidents
- Colorado Springs: Shrine of the Miracle Rose Lady
- Denver: Abandoned TV Walk of Fame
- Denver: Urban Putt
- Durango: Lincoln Deathbed Hair and Moon Heartbeat
- Edgewater: Grave of Roger the Elephant
- Evergreen: International Bell Museum
- Falcon: Cowboy and Bronco of Pet Services
- Fort Collins: Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo
- Fort Collins: Tree Trunk Virgin Mary
- Golden: Giant Lighthouse Candle
- Golden: Rocky Flats Lounge
- Granada: Flagpole with Rocks from Each State
- Grand Junction: JFK's Autopsy Ambulance
- Greeley: Shoe Tree
- Hooper: Restaurant of Founding Dummies
- Lake City: Alferd Packer Cannibal Massacre Site
- Loveland: Beer Can Beaver
- Loveland: Big Adirondack Chair
- Mancos: Reptile Reserve
- Nederland: Frozen Dead Guy Photo-Op Shed
- Nederland: Frozen Dead Guy Shed
- Northglenn: Full-Size Replica of Famous Utah Arch
- Pagosa Springs: Red Ryder: Fred Harman Museum
- Pueblo: Levee Mural: World's Largest Painting
- Silt: Bare-Butt Rock Climber Sculpture
- Steamboat Springs: Dig This: Heavy Equipment Sand Box
- Stratton: Milepost 419.99
- Trinidad: Art Cartopia
- Trinidad: Folk Art: Benedetti's Junkyard
