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

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.