The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.