This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A replica that won't float away.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

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

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

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

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

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.