A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

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

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.