Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

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

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

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

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

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.