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

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

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

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

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

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.