Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

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

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

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

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

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

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

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.