This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

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

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.