National and State Register

World’s Wonder View Tower

Lincoln County

The 1926 World’s Wonder View Tower rose on Colorado’s eastern plains as a commercial and recreational center designed to profit from the needs of rail and highway travelers. 

A picture of the red tower extending out with viewing platform and white room extending above it.

World’s Wonder View Tower (2000 photograph.)

Tourist facilities like the tower once dotted every major western highway.  They now represent a rare and disappearing resource. 

This site is listed in This Year In Grants.