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.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

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

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

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

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.