The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Colorado
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 342 roadside attractions in Colorado.
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1. John Denver Sanctuary
Aspen, CO
John "Rocky Mountain High" Denver is remembered with a series of upright slabs engraved with the lyrics of his hits.
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2. "In God We Trust" in Vietnam War Dead Pennies
Penrose, CO
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3. Big Blue Bear
Denver, CO
The 40-foot-tall bear has its nose pressed to the glass, peering in at everyone on the third floor of Denver's downtown convention center.
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4. Bum, A Friend of Shorty's
Fairplay, CO
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5. Canary in a Coal Mine Memorial
Trinidad, CO
Two memorial sculptures on a fenced plaza: coal miners toil, while a giant bronze canary on a perch in a cage chirps ("The air's just great, fellahs!")
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6. Herkimer: World's Largest Beetle
Colorado Springs, CO
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7. John Denver Earth Hero Statue
Morrison, CO
15-foot-tall bronze John stands with his acoustic guitar slung across his back, holding an arm aloft as a giant eagle lands on it.
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8. Ludlow Massacre - Birthplace of Public Relations
Ludlow, CO
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9. Forney Transportation Museum: Amelia Earhart's Car
Denver, CO
A vast collection of automobiles that also has the world's largest steam locomotive and an exhibit on Alferd Packer, Colorado's favorite cannibal. Has many dummy mannequins.
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10. Giant Ice Cream Churn
Fort Collins, CO
A 26-foot-tall old-fashioned ice cream churn bucket. It was built in 2018 with real fir wood, and has a steel hand crank that weighs a ton.
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11. Monument to Prunes and Shorty the Burros
Fairplay, CO
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12. Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
Pueblo, CO
Over 30 big and small planes on display, as well as a selection of transport oddities such as high-speed experimental maglev and air-suspension vehicles.
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13. Lollipop Grave
Boulder, CO
Little Paula Barchilon was buried in Columbia Cemetery in 1964. Her odd home-made headstone is known as the lollipop grave, although it's unclear if the resemblance is accidental or intentional.
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14. The Great Pumpkin
Colorado Springs, CO
The 11-foot-high mosaic pumpkin was built in 2016 by the same art collective that created the city's giant hammer.
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15. Cellular Village
Ken Caryl, CO
It evidently takes a village of fake houses to bring cellular service to the southwestern suburbs of Denver.
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16. The Incline: World's Steepest Hike
Manitou Springs, CO
Tired of sitting in the car? Want to stretch your legs? Try walking 2,000 feet up 2,741 steps on a shadeless mountainside. Restored and reopened Dec. 2016.
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17. Traffic Circle Dinosaur
Fruita, CO
A green T-Rex from the Goofy Epoch terrorizes drivers around the traffic circle. Named "Grrretta" by school children.
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18. Topsy-Turvy Roman God (Gone)
Boulder, CO
Unveiled in Jan. 2016, a 12-foot-tall statue of Bacchus, god of wine and intoxication, was flipped on its head and splattered with acrylic paint. Artist Dmitri Obergfell said it was a statement about political statue-toppling.
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19. Giant Pencil
Denver, CO
A local steeplejack business has painted an old 15-story smokestack into a pretty good likeness of a yellow No. 2 pencil. Can only be viewed from a distance, unfortunately.
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20. Scrap Metal Robot Walks Dog
Fort Collins, CO
A hulking scrap metal robo-man walks what may be a dog -- it's difficult to tell -- on a leash.
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21. Dragon Man's Military Museum
Colorado Springs, CO
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22. Vietnam Memorial With Music and Sound Effects
Fruita, CO
Trigger the motion sensor, hear incoming choppers and a Rolling Stones song.
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23. Outlaw Suicide Gun, Replica Uranium Mine
Grand Junction, CO
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24. International Cryonics Museum
Estes Park, CO
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25. Metal Defenders of Concrete
Fairplay, CO
A cement plant secures its "gray gold" with a half-dozen folk-art metal sentinels posed atop its property entrance wall.
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