From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

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

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

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

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.