A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

A big museum full of little worlds.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.