A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

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

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

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

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

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.