The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

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

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

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

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.