The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

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

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).

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."