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

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

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

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.