This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

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

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

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

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

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

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

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

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

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

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

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.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

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

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

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

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.