The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

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

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

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

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.