New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Denver, Colorado
This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."
Denver, Colorado
Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Denver, Colorado
A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.
Denver, Colorado
While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.
Morrison, Colorado
In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.
Estes Park, Colorado
The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
New York, New York
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.