This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

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

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

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

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.