These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

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

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.