Places 14K Feet Wants to Go

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

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

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.