This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.