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

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

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

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

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The man who wasn't there.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.