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

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

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

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

A big museum full of little worlds.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.