A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

These boots are made for selfies.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.