St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

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

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.