This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

This giant meditative chakra is working on just as many Buddhas as advertised.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

Paranormal experiences in room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."