A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.