U.S. News Insider Tip: Don't miss the high-altitude, secret recipe doughnuts at the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center. An automated machine churns out thousands of the sweet treats daily.

Over 12 miles long, this course climbs through the Rocky Mountains up to the summit of Colorado's legendary Pikes Peak, 14,115 feet above sea level. What starts as a simple road course on a public ...

Over its 93 years, Pikes Peak has attracted some of the most extreme machines and daring drivers to its summit. So now the dust has settled after the 2015 event, we've compiled a gallery of some ...