Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

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

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

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

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

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