In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

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

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.