A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

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

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

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

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

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.