Denver, Colorado
American Museum of Western Art
The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.
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Denver, Colorado
The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.
Moffat, Colorado
Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.
Guadalajara, Mexico
A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Viterbo, Italy
For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.
Viterbo, Italy
This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.
Viterbo, Italy
The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Portland, Oregon
This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Denver, Colorado
This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.
Denver, Colorado
Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.