Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

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

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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 largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

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

A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

The last of its kind in the country.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.