Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

This drive-by, rotating mini-gallery is nestled in the suburbs of Colorado.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

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

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

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

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

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.