The Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, also known as Will Rogers Shrine, a commemorative tower and chapel on Cheyenne Mountain high above Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is named for Will Rogers, the American humorist who died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935 during construction of the shrine. It is also a tomb for the remains of Spencer Penrose, one of Rogers's close friends, who built many of the city's prominent properties, including the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Broadmoor resort below, and his wife Julie. Completed by Penrose in 1937, the shrine is a five-story observation tower that overlooks the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, and Garden of the Gods red-rock formations. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2015.