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

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

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.

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

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.