Places lollipopwater Wants to Go

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

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

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

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

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

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

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

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.

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

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.