Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

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

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

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

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.