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

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

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

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

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.