An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.