This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

A surprising collection of bronze faces beneath a bridge in Loveland.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.