Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

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

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

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

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

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

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

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

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.