Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Explore the history of recorded sound at the world's third largest collection of Edison memorabilia.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.