This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.