Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

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

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.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

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

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

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

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.