Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

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

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

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

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

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

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

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.