Florissant, Colorado
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
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Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Winter Park, Colorado
These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Denver, Colorado
A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.
Providence, Rhode Island
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
Sakaiminato, Japan
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Wichita, Kansas
Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.
Xicotepec de Juárez, Mexico
A tribute to a local delicacy and the women who prepare and sell it.
Portland, Oregon
Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
Littleton, Colorado
The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
Loveland, Colorado
A surprising collection of bronze faces beneath a bridge in Loveland.
Seattle, Washington
The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.
Seattle, Washington
Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.
Seattle, Washington
One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.
Seattle, Washington
A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.
Seattle, Washington
Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.
Gili Meno, Indonesia
This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Berkeley, California
The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.