Places kosmostasis Wants to Go

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

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

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

This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.

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

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

At this multicultural hub, refugee chefs serve the foods they miss most from home.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.