At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

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

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

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

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

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

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

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

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.